Gaseous adsorption on solid surface is exothermic because
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Problem
Gaseous adsorption on solid surface is exothermic because, adsorption brings in:
(1) increase in enthalpy
(2) increase in entropy
(3) increase in free energy
(4) interaction forces developed between gaseous molecule and solid surface