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What is the maximum adsorption capacity of nitrogen gas on a certain adsorbent material at a temperature of 25°C and a pressure of 5 atm, based on the Langmuir adsorption isotherm with a constant K of 0.2 L/mol?

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The Langmuir adsorption isotherm is given by the equation: =  KP  /  1 + KP where  is the fractional coverage of the adsorbent surface, K is the Langmuir constant  0.2 L/mol in this case , and P is the pressure  5 atm .First, we need to find the fractional coverage    of the adsorbent surface: =  0.2 L/mol * 5 atm  /  1 + 0.2 L/mol * 5 atm  = 1 /  1 + 1/5  = 1 /  6/5  = 5/6The maximum adsorption capacity of the adsorbent material is the product of the fractional coverage    and the total number of adsorption sites available on the material  N . However, the problem does not provide information about the total number of adsorption sites  N . Therefore, we can only determine the fractional coverage    of the adsorbent surface, which is 5/6 or approximately 0.8333.

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