Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of chemisorption?

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of chemisorption?
  1. Heat of adsorption is in the range of $40-200 \mathrm{~kJ} \mathrm{~mol}^{-1}$
  2. It is specific.
  3. It is irreversible
  4. Formation of multimolecular layer of adsorbate.

Solution

A chemisorption layer is a unimolecular layer of molecules that forms on a solid surface through a chemical reaction between the adsorbent and adsorbate

Asked in: MHT CET 2022 (07 Aug Shift 1)

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