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A chemistry student wants to investigate the adsorption behavior of a gas on a solid surface. Using the Langmuir adsorption isotherm, determine the maximum adsorption capacity of the surface and the equilibrium constant, if the surface area of the solid is 10 cm$^2$ and the gas pressure is varied from 0.1 to 1 bar at a constant temperature of 298 K.

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To determine the maximum adsorption capacity and the equilibrium constant using the Langmuir adsorption isotherm, we need to first understand the Langmuir isotherm equation. The Langmuir isotherm equation is given by: =  KP  /  1 + KP where  is the fractional coverage of the surface  the ratio of the number of adsorbed molecules to the maximum number of adsorbable molecules , K is the equilibrium constant, and P is the pressure of the gas.In this problem, we are given the surface area of the solid  10 cm  and the gas pressure range  0.1 to 1 bar . However, we do not have enough information to directly calculate the maximum adsorption capacity and the equilibrium constant. To find these values, the student would need to perform experiments at various pressures within the given range  0.1 to 1 bar  and measure the amount of gas adsorbed on the surface at each pressure. By plotting the experimental data and fitting it to the Langmuir isotherm equation, the student can then determine the values of K  equilibrium constant  and the maximum adsorption capacity.It is important to note that the maximum adsorption capacity is related to the surface area of the solid, but we would need more information about the specific gas-solid system  such as the size and shape of the adsorbed molecules and the surface properties of the solid  to determine the exact maximum adsorption capacity.

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