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Surface chemistry
B.SUBBULAKSHMI
I-B ed (Aided)(A2 sec)
Roll no-79
Objectives
Adsorption
Adsorption versus absorption
Types of adsorption: physisorption and chemisorption
Desorption
Adsorption isotherms: Freundlich and Langmuir
Adsorption isobar
Catalysis
Definitions
Adsorption
The phenomenon of higher concentration of any molecular
species at the surface than in the bulk
Adsorbent
The substance on the surface of which adsorption takes
place is called adsorbent
Adsorbate
The substance which is being adsorbed on the surface of
another substance.
Desorption
The process of removal of an adsorbed substance from the
surface on which it is absorbed
Adsorbent Materials
• Activated Carbon
• Activated Alumina
• Silica Gel
2. Chemical adsorption
In gas masks
In catalysis
In adsorption indicators
In chromatographic analysis
In preserving vacuum
In paint industry
Catalyst-Reactants
Catalyst + Reactants
Catalyst + Products
Important properties of catalyst
Homogeneous catalysis
Heterogeneous catalysis
Negative catalyst
decrease the rate
Alcohol
2CHCl3 O2 2COCl2 2HCl
Auto catalyst
product act as catalyst