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Mechanism of Adsorption

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Adsorption of gases on solid surface is generally exothermic because

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Enthalpy is positive

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B

Entropy decreases

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Entropy increases

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Free energy increase

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Solution

The correct option is B
Entropy decreases

Due to randomness of particles is reduced since entropy decreases

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