16.23. A gas is in equilibrium with a solid surface onto which its molecules can adsorb. The surface exposes M adsorption sites, each of which can be either free or occupied by a single gas molecule. Adsorbed molecules do not interact with each other, but there is a favorable energetic decrease of amount -e each time a site is осcupied. (a) Find the canonical partition function for N molecules adsorbed on M sites at a temperature T. (b) Find an expression for the chemical potential of an adsorbed molecule, µads- (c) At equilibrium at constant T, show that the dependence of the fraction of occupied sites, x = N/M, is given by the so-called Langmuir adsorption %3D isotherm, cP X = 1+ cP where c is a constant. How does c vary with temperature?

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16.23. A gas is in equilibrium with a solid surface onto which its molecules can adsorb.
The surface exposes M adsorption sites, each of which can be either free or
occupied by a single gas molecule. Adsorbed molecules do not interact with each
other, but there is a favorable energetic decrease of amount -e each time a site is
occupied.
(a) Find the canonical partition function for N molecules adsorbed on M sites at a
temperature T.
(b) Find an expression for the chemical potential of an adsorbed molecule, lads.
(c) At equilibrium at constant T, show that the dependence of the fraction
of occupied sites, x =
isotherm,
N/M, is given by the so-called Langmuir adsorption
cP
1+ cP
where c is a constant. How does c vary with temperature?
Transcribed Image Text:16.23. A gas is in equilibrium with a solid surface onto which its molecules can adsorb. The surface exposes M adsorption sites, each of which can be either free or occupied by a single gas molecule. Adsorbed molecules do not interact with each other, but there is a favorable energetic decrease of amount -e each time a site is occupied. (a) Find the canonical partition function for N molecules adsorbed on M sites at a temperature T. (b) Find an expression for the chemical potential of an adsorbed molecule, lads. (c) At equilibrium at constant T, show that the dependence of the fraction of occupied sites, x = isotherm, N/M, is given by the so-called Langmuir adsorption cP 1+ cP where c is a constant. How does c vary with temperature?
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