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Question
Physisorption is reversible while chemisorption is irreversible. Why ?
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Solution
Physisorption takes place with the help of non-covalent bonding between an adsorbate and an adsorbent; it makes the process reversible. Chemisorption, on the other hand, takes place with the help of covalent bonding; it makes the process irreversible.
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