Question

State true or false.

In physical absorption of a gas in a liquid, the resistance to transfer of gas to liquid is only in the liquid phase.

(a) In physical absorption of a gas in a liquid, the resistance to transfer of gas to liquid is only in the liquid phase.

(b) True

(c) False

The question was posed to me in homework.

I'd like to ask this question from Design of Fluid Fluid Reactors in division Fluid-Fluid Reactions: Kinetics & Basics of Non Ideal Flow of Chemical Reaction Engineering

Answer 1

Right answer is (b) True

The explanation: Physical absorption involving the transfer of gas to liquid involves resistances in both gas and liquid phase. Gas film resistance and liquid film resistance are both prominent.