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H2 gas is adsorbed on activated charcoal to a very little extent in comparison to easily liquefiable gases due to _____.

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Important Questions on Surface Chemistry

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Which one of the following is not a property of physical adsorption?
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Four gases, A, B, C and D have critical temperatures 5.3, 33.2, 126.0 and 154.3K respectively

For their adsorption on a fixed amount of charcoal, the correct order is :

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Which one of the following characteristics is associated with adsorption?
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10 mL of 1 mM surfactant solution forms a monolayer covering 0.24 cm2 on a polar substrate. If the polar head is approximated as a cube, what is its edge length?
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How does adsorption of a gas depend on its critical temperature?
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What is an adsorption isotherm? Describe Freundlich adsorption isotherm.
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3 g of activated charcoal was added to 50 mL of acetic acid solution (0.06 N) in a flask. After an hour, it was filtered and the strength of the filtrate was found to be 0.042 N. The amount of acetic acid adsorbed (per gram of charcoal) is:
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What are different types of adsorption? Give any four differences between characteristics of these different types.
 
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From the figure, in which of the following vessel, the pressure of the gas is the highest. [Temperature and volume of the gases are the same in each vessel].

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Given below are two statements. One is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R.

Assertion A : Activated charcoal adsorbs SO2 more efficiently than CH4.

Reason R : Gases with lower critical temperatures are readily adsorbed by activated charcoal. In the light of the above statements, choose the correct answer from the options given below.

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A gas undergoes physical adsorption on a surface and follows the given Freundlich adsorption isotherm equation
xm=kp0.5
Adsorption of the gas increases with:
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Predict which of the following gases show least adsorption on a definite amount of charcoal? Tc (Critical temperature) of gases in K scale is as

CO2Tc-304K
NH3Tc-406K
SO2Tc-430K
HClTc-324K

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Which of the following statements is correct for the spontaneous adsorption of a gas?
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Methylene blue, from its aqueous solution, is adsorbed on activated charcoal at 25o C. For this process, the correct statement is 
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Give an expression for Freundlich adsorptioin isotherm.
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Give three points of difference between physisorption and chemisorption.
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How does chemisorption vary with temperature?
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The critical temperature of some gases are: Methane 190 K, ammonia 405 K, carbon dioxide 304 K, n-butane 425 K and dihydrogen 33 K. The gas that is adsorbed to the maximum extent on 1 g of activated charcoal at a given temperature is
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Why are powdered substances more effective adsorbents than their crystalline forms?
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Describe factors affecting adsorption of gases on solids.