Relates the coverage of a surface by an adsorbate to the pressure (or concentration) of the adsorbate, assuming a monolayer coverage on identical sites.
Surface Chemistry
Field: Surface Chemistry
Sequence of Expressions
An empirical relation describing the adsorption of solutes from a liquid to a solid surface: .
Law
BET Theory
Extensions of the Langmuir theory to multilayer adsorption, used to calculate surface area.
Describes the change in vapor pressure of a liquid due to a curved liquid-vapor interface (droplet size).
Law
Jurin's Law
Describes the rise or fall of a liquid in a capillary tube is directly proportional to the surface tension and inversely proportional to the tube radius.