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For adsorption of a gas on a solid, considering the dependence of equilibrium pressure on temperature at constant coverage, which statements are correct?

  1. AThe pressure required to maintain a given coverage rises when the temperature is raised
  2. BA plot of against at constant coverage has a negative slope when adsorption is exothermic
  3. CThe more negative is, the more steeply at constant coverage changes with
  4. DThe Langmuir constant of an exothermic adsorption increases as temperature rises

Answer: A, B, C

At constant coverage . For the slope is negative, so rises with , and a larger gives a steeper line. For exothermic adsorption decreases with , so statement 4 is wrong.
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