For adsorption of CO on a catalyst at 400 K

CHEMISTRY · Subjective · AP · Chemistry · Kinetics · Kinetics

Problem

For adsorption of CO on a catalyst at 400 K, the fraction of surface sites occupied is given by

\theta = \dfrac{K P}{1 + K P}

, where

K = 2.5 \times 10^{-2}\,\text{atm}^{-1}

and

P

is the CO pressure in atm. Determine

\theta

when

P = 3.0\,\text{atm}