JEE Main Chemistry question

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Which of the following is not a characteristic of chemisorption?

(A) is of the order of 400 kJ
(B)Adsorption is irreversible
(C)Adsorption may be multilayerCorrect
(D)Adsorption is specific

Answer: (C)

Solution

Chemisorption proceeds through strong chemical bond formation between adsorbate and adsorbent, so it has a high enthalpy of adsorption (A), is essentially irreversible (B), and is highly specific to particular adsorbate–adsorbent pairs

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Question ID VK-144679