Langmuir's adsorption equation which describes the amount of gas adsorbed on a
solid surface is written
as \(\frac{\mathrm{p}}{\mathrm{x} /
\mathrm{m}}=\frac{1}{\mathrm{ab}}+\frac{\mathrm{p}}{\mathrm{b}}\)
Here \(\mathrm{x} / \mathrm{m}\) is the extent of adsorption, a and \(\mathrm{b}\)
are constants, and \(\mathrm{p}\) is the gas pressure.
On the basis of the above equation indicate which of the following statements
is correct?
(1) At low value of \(\mathrm{p}, \mathrm{x} / \mathrm{m} \propto \mathrm{p}\).
(2) At high value of \(\mathrm{p}, \mathrm{x} \longrightarrow \mathrm{b}\)
(adsorption is independent of pressure).
(3) Between the low and high value of \(\mathrm{p}\), the above equation becomes
\(x / m=k p^{1 / n}\) which is the Freundlich equation (here \(\mathrm{k}\) and
\(\mathrm{n}\) are constants)
(a) 1 and 2
(b) 2 and 3
(c) \(\mathbb{l}\) and 3
(d) 1,2 and 3