Physical · Surface Chemistry & Catalysis
Surface Chemistry & Catalysis
Exam-focused revision notes on Surface Chemistry & Catalysis for CSIR-NET Chemical Sciences, GATE Chemistry and IIT-JAM — the core concepts, the formulas worth memorising, the traps that cost marks, and a quick-recall table.
The core idea
Adsorption is the accumulation of a substance on the surface of another — a surface phenomenon, distinct from absorption. It is always exothermic, and it drives most heterogeneous catalysis.
What this note covers
- 1The core idea
- 2Physisorption vs chemisorption
- 3Adsorption isotherms
- 4Catalysis
- 5Promoters & poisons
- 6Enzyme catalysis
- 7Common traps students miss
- 830-second recall table
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