Write the differences between physisorption and chemisorption with respect to the following:
(i) specificity
(ii) temperature dependence
(iii) reversibility
(iv) enthalpy change

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Solution

Physisorption chemisorption
Specificity Very low High
Temperature
dependence -ve +ve
Reversibility reversible irreversible
Enthalpy
Change Small Large

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