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give reasons for why a finely divided substance more effective as the absorbent

Profile image of hari nani
13 Years agoGrade Upto college level
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Profile image of Aishwarya Sharma
13 Years ago

Because of larger surface area the no. of free valencies on an adsorbent increases due to which more amount of adsorbate can be adsorbed on it............ and thus a finely divided substance is more efficient as the adsorbant.Cool

Profile image of muhammed . nabeel
13 Years ago

Jest observe your surrounding 

eg:  take some water and pour in a piece''s  of cotton and take the same amound of cotton round it and add water then weight both the cotton what did you find  ?

That is my answer .....

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