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Explain the giving reasons :
Rate of physical adsorption decreases with rise of temperature.

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Physical adsoroption is an exothermic process in equilibeium
Gas (Adsorbate ) + Solid (Adsorbent) `hArr` Gas adsorbed on Solid + Heat
As the temperature is increased, by Le Chatelier's principle, equlibrium shigts in the backward direction, i.e., adsorption decreases.
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