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Why Freundlich adsorption isotherms fails at high pressure conditions?

Bertrand Wengher  Follow

We can take the value of n as 1.Moreover the value of n lies between 0 and 1.So according to Freundlich for high pressure conditions n is always taken as 1. And hence x/m=1

But experimentally it was found that saturation still increases even after increasing the pressure.

This is how Freundlich equation fails at higher pressure

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Colin Reed  Follow

There is a saturation level for the adsorption of any adsorbate on the adsorbent due to limited surface area of the adsorbent. So once that saturation level is reached , more pressure won't increase the number of particles adsorbed .

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