_____________ gas is normally employed in B.E.T. method of finding out the surface area of catalyst?

Related Mcqs:

1. B.E.T. method of finding out surface area of a catalyst, uses the extension of _________________ isotherm?

   A. Langmuir
   B. Freundlich
   C. Tempkin
   D. None of these

2. A spherical porous catalyst particle of radius R is subjected to reactant A which reacts to form B by a zero order surface reaction A → B. Film mass transfer resistance is negligible and pore diffusion of A is rate controlling. The effectiveness factor of the catalyst is reported as 7/8. Which of the following statement is true?

   A. Inner catalyst core of radius R/8 does not participate in reaction
   B. Inner catalyst core of radius R/2 does not participate in reaction
   C. Inner catalyst core of radius 7R/8 does not participate in reaction
   D. Effectiveness factor for a zero order reaction cannot be 7/8 as it must always be 1

3. Effectiveness factor E. of a catalyst pellet is defined as, E = (actual rate within pore of the catalyst)/(rate if not snowed by pore diffusion), Effectiveness factor for a first order reaction is given by (where, T = Thiele modulus) ___________________?

   A. tan hT/T
   B. tan T/T
   C. tan hT/tan T
   D. None of these

4. A catalyst is said to be a negative catalyst, if it ___________________?

   A. Retards the rate of reaction
   B. Reduces the value of equilibrium constant
   C. Does not initiate the reaction
   D. All A., B. and C.

5. Helium-mercury method can be used to determine the _____________ of the catalyst particle?

   A. Pore volume
   B. Solid density
   C. Porosity
   D. All A., B., & C.

6. Brunauer, Emmet and Teller (BET) equation is used to determine the specific surface area of a porous particle but not the pore volume & the porosity of the catalyst bed. Which of the following postulates is not used to derive BET equation ?

   A. Langmuir’s assumption applies to every adsorbed layer
   B. There is no dynamic equilibrium between successive layer
   C. The adsorbed layer may be polymolecular in thickness and the heat of adsorption in each layer
   (except the first one) is involved in each of the evaporation process
   D. None of these

7. Overall rate of reaction in a heterogeneous catalytic reaction depends upon the mass and energy transfer from the fluid to solid surface and its rate of reaction is usually ________________ the concentration of catalyst, if it does not entail a chain mechanism?

   A. Proportional to
   B. Independent of
   C. Inversely proportional to
   D. Proportional to the square of

8. A first order reaction A → B occurs in an isothermal porous catalyst pellet of spherical shape. If the concentration of A at the centre of the pellet is much less than at the external surface, the process is limited by__________________?

   A. Diffusion within the pellet
   B. Reaction
   C. External mass transfer
   D. None of the above

9. B.E.T. method can be used to determine the ___________________ of a porous catalyst?

   A. Solid density
   B. Pore volume
   C. Surface area
   D. All A., B. and C.

10. Helium-mercury method is used for the measurement of the ________________ of the catalyst?

    A. Surface area
    B. Porosity
    C. Pore volume
    D. Both B. & C.