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varsha valli g. (804)

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hi nive

during adsorption,the molecules get attracted to the surface of the adsorbate thus it is exothermic.deltaH=-ve.

now as the molecules r confined to one place i.e on the adsorbate their entropy decreases which means delta S=-ve.but deltaH is more -ve than T(deltaS).thus in the eqn: delG = delH - TdelS

delG=-ve.

thus adsorption is spontaneous.

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