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Determine the maximum monolayer coverage of nitrogen gas on a silver surface in Langmuir units if the partial pressure of nitrogen gas is 2.5 atm at 298 K. The area per molecule of nitrogen adsorbed on the silver surface is known to be 1.55×10^-19 m^2 according to experimental data.

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To determine the maximum monolayer coverage of nitrogen gas on a silver surface in Langmuir units, we can use the Langmuir adsorption isotherm equation: =  P * K  /  1 + P * K where  is the fractional coverage of the surface  in Langmuir units , P is the partial pressure of nitrogen gas  2.5 atm , and K is the Langmuir adsorption constant.First, we need to find the Langmuir adsorption constant  K . We can use the area per molecule of nitrogen adsorbed on the silver surface  1.55  10^-19 m^2  and the ideal gas law to find K.The ideal gas law is:PV = nRTwhere P is the pressure  2.5 atm , V is the volume, n is the number of moles, R is the ideal gas constant  0.0821 L atm/mol K , and T is the temperature  298 K .We can rearrange the ideal gas law to find the volume per mole of nitrogen gas:V/n = RT/PV/n =  0.0821 L atm/mol K  *  298 K  /  2.5 atm  = 9.85 L/molNow, we can convert the volume per mole to the area per molecule using Avogadro's number  6.022  10^23 molecules/mol :Area per molecule =  9.85 L/mol  /  6.022  10^23 molecules/mol  = 1.64  10^-23 m^2/moleculeNow, we can find the Langmuir adsorption constant  K  using the area per molecule of nitrogen adsorbed on the silver surface  1.55  10^-19 m^2  and the area per molecule in the gas phase  1.64  10^-23 m^2/molecule :K =  1.55  10^-19 m^2  /  1.64  10^-23 m^2/molecule  = 9.45  10^3Now that we have the Langmuir adsorption constant  K , we can use the Langmuir adsorption isotherm equation to find the maximum monolayer coverage   : =  P * K  /  1 + P * K  =  2.5 atm * 9.45  10^3  /  1 + 2.5 atm * 9.45  10^3   1The maximum monolayer coverage of nitrogen gas on a silver surface in Langmuir units is approximately 1, which means the silver surface is fully covered by a monolayer of nitrogen gas under these conditions.

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