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GK QUESTION#3355

The decomposition of gaseous Ammonia on a hot platinum surface is a _________ order reaction at high pressure.

  1. Atwo
  2. BzeroCorrect answer
  3. Cthree
  4. Done
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B. zero

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For the textbook high-pressure regime, ammonia saturates the hot platinum surface. Increasing the bulk ammonia concentration then makes little difference to the amount adsorbed, so the rate is independent of that concentration and is zero order. This classification applies to that saturated-surface regime, not to every pressure or catalyst condition.

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