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Question
Extent of physisorption of a gas increases with ______.
Options
increase in temperature.
decrease in temperature.
decrease in surface area of adsorbent.
decrease in strength of van der Waals forces.
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Solution
Extent of physisorption of a gas increases with decrease in temperature.
Explanation:
As the process of adsorption is an exothermic one; physical adsorption occurs readily at low temperature and decreases with an increase in the temperature as equilibrium shifts in the backward direction. This is known as Le-Chatelier's principle.
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