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Calculate the enthalpy of adsorption for the adsorption of hydrogen gas onto a nickel surface at 25°C, given that the equilibrium pressure of hydrogen gas is 0.5 atm and the surface coverage is 0.2 monolayers. The heat of dissociation of hydrogen gas is 436 kJ/mol.

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To calculate the enthalpy of adsorption, we can use the Langmuir adsorption isotherm equation and the Clausius-Clapeyron equation. The Langmuir adsorption isotherm equation is: =  KP  /  1 + KP where  is the surface coverage  0.2 monolayers , K is the Langmuir constant, and P is the equilibrium pressure of hydrogen gas  0.5 atm .First, we need to find the Langmuir constant  K  using the given surface coverage and equilibrium pressure:0.2 =  K * 0.5  /  1 + K * 0.5 Solving for K, we get:K = 0.4 /  1 - 0.4  = 0.4 / 0.6 = 2/3Now, we can use the Clausius-Clapeyron equation to relate the enthalpy of adsorption  H_ads  to the Langmuir constant:ln K  = -H_ads /  RT  + Cwhere R is the gas constant  8.314 J/molK , T is the temperature in Kelvin  25C = 298 K , and C is a constant. We can ignore the constant C since we are only interested in the enthalpy of adsorption.ln 2/3  = -H_ads /  8.314 * 298 Now, we can solve for H_ads:H_ads = -8.314 * 298 * ln 2/3  = 1715.5 J/molHowever, this is the enthalpy of adsorption for the dissociative adsorption process, which involves breaking the H-H bond. We need to account for the heat of dissociation of hydrogen gas  436 kJ/mol  to find the enthalpy of adsorption for the overall process:H_ads_total = H_ads + H_dissociationH_ads_total = 1715.5 J/mol + 436,000 J/mol = 437,715.5 J/molTherefore, the enthalpy of adsorption for the adsorption of hydrogen gas onto a nickel surface at 25C is approximately 437.7 kJ/mol.

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