What is the difference between physical and chemical adsorption?

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Smriti Vats
9 years ago
Physisorption, also called physical adsorption, is a process in which the electronic structure of the atom or molecule is barely perturbed upon adsorption. Chemisorption is a kind of adsorption which involves a chemical reaction between the surface and the adsorbate. New chemical bonds are generated

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Kem
4 years ago
Physical adsorption (Physisorption) occurs due to weak attraction of charges between atoms in different molecules. It is temporary effect. For example : Vanderwaals attraction. Chemical adsorption (Chemisorption) occurs due to mere intermolecular interaction between atoms in different molecules. S

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