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JEE Main 2017Surface Chemistry Question with Solution

JEE Main 2017 (09 Apr Online)

Question

Adsorption of gas on a surface follows Freundlich adsorption isotherm. The plot of logxm versus logP gives a straight line with slope equal to 0.5, then:

(xm is the mass of the gas adsorbed per gram of adsorbent)

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Correct answer
Aadsorption is proportional to the square root of pressure.

Step-by-step explanation

log(xm)=12log(P)+log(K);
xm=KP12

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