CHEMISTRY PROJECT

ON
ADSORPTION

SUBMITTED BY
MOHIT KUMAR
(2681670)

12TH SCIENCE

For The Fulfillment Of

Class XII Board Examination

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

Mr. Pradeep Sharma

(Chemistry Teacher)

HOLY CHILD PUBLIC SCHOOL,

DELHI ROAD, REWARI-123401

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 CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that this project submitted by MOHIT KUMAR

(2681670) is an original work carried out by my student under my
supervision and submitted to Holy Child Public School, Rewari in
CHEMISTRY during the academic year 2018-19 for the fulfillment
of Class XII Board Examination.

(Mr. Pradeep Sharma)

(Chemistry Teacher)

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 DECLARATION

I hereby declare that this project entitled “Adsorption” submitted

to HOLY CHILD PUBLIC SCHOOL for the subject ‘ Chemistry ’
under the guidance of Mr. Pradeep Sharma is record of original
work done by me. I further declare that this project or any part of
it has not been submitted anywhere or for any other class.

Name: Mohit Kumar

Roll No.: 2681670
Cass: XII Science
Date: 13/12/2018

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 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

It gives me immense pleasure to present this Project It

would not have been possible without the kind support of
my teacher in-charge, Mr. Pradeep Sharma under her
guidance and constant supervision, this project was
brought to the present state.
I would also like to express my gratitude towards my
parents for their kind co-operation and encouragement,
which helped me in the completion of this project.
I am also thankful to the C.B.S.E. for giving me such an
amazing opportunity for making this project, and giving a
suitable instructions and guidelines for the project.
Last but not the least, I thank my friends who shared
necessary information and useful web links for preparing
my project.

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 Introduction
Since solids exist because of intermolecular forces
between the repeating units that make up the lattice,
those intermolecular forces are unsaturated or
unsatisfied at the surface of the solid. In the interior of
the solid, each molecule (if it is a molecular solid) is
surrounded on all sides by identical molecules. At the
surface of such a solid, however, each molecule is only
partially surrounded by identical molecules; when it is
not surrounded by identical molecules, any available
molecule or ion is adsorbed to its surface. The solid
phase is called the adsorbent. The molecules that are
absorbed on the absorbent are collectively called the
absorbed phase or adsorbate. The adsorbate is either a
gas(molecules) or a solute (molecules or ions) in a sol. In
this experiment, we will investigate the adsorption of
acetic acid in aqueous solution on activated charcoal.

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Adsorption by a solid is not a very important process
unless the solid has a very large surface compared to its
mass. Consequently, charcoal made from bone, blood, or
coconut shells is specially effective because it has a
highly porous structure. Charcoal is activated by being
heated to quite high temperatures in a vaccum or in a
stream of dry air. This stream adsorbs the hydrocarbons
that are adsorbed when the charcoal is first produced.
Charcoal, a covalently bonded solid, is more effective at
absorbing molecules than ions. Silver chloride, on the
other hand, forms as a precipitate of nearly colloidal
dimensions if precipitated rapidly; in colloidal form it has
a very high surface-to-mass ratio and readily adsorbs
ions from solutions, often to the dismay of analytical
chemists.

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