JEE Advanced levelOne or more correct optionsDifficulty 3 of 3sc052
For adsorption of a gas on a solid, considering the dependence of equilibrium pressure on temperature at constant coverage, which statements are correct?
AThe pressure required to maintain a given coverage rises when the temperature is raised
BA plot of lnp against 1/T at constant coverage has a negative slope when adsorption is exothermic
CThe more negative ΔHads is, the more steeply lnp at constant coverage changes with 1/T
DThe Langmuir constant K of an exothermic adsorption increases as temperature rises
Answer: A, B, C
At constant coverage lnp=ΔH/(RT)+C. For ΔH<0 the slope ΔH/R is negative, so p rises with T, and a larger ∣ΔH∣ gives a steeper line. For exothermic adsorption K decreases with T, so statement 4 is wrong.