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Give reasons for the following.

Physisorption decreases with an increase in temperature.

Chemistry20181 markShort answer

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True. Because physisorption is exothermic and held by weak van der Waals forces, a rise in temperature (Le Chatelier's principle) favours desorption, so adsorption decreases.
Surface Chemistry

From ISC 2018 Specimen Chemistry Paper 1, question 11(a).