12th Class Chemistry Surface Chemistry / सतह रसायन Question Bank 12th CBSE Chemistry Surface Chemistry

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      What is absorption? How is absorption different from adsorption?

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                                        The process in which a liquid or gas is uniformly distributed into whole of another substance is called absorption. The accumulation of molecular species at the surface rather than in the bulk of a solid or liquid is termed as adsorption. In adsorption, the adsorbate is concentrated only at the surface and doesn't penetrate through the surface to the bulk of the adsorbent. While in absorption the substance is uniformly distributed throughout the bulk of the solid


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