Q. The adsorption of hydrogen by metals is called :-

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Adsorption is a process of formation of a film or a coating of one substance on the surface of the other. The substance which gets adsorbed is known as the adsorbate and the surface is known as the adsorbent. Usually adsorption is a result of van der Waals force between the molecules of the adsorbate and the adsorbent.
Certain metals adsorb hydrogen on their surface and this process is of chemisorption type. The metals which adsorb hydrogen include and .
Adsorption of a gas on a metal surface is known as occlusion. Thus, the process of adsorption of hydrogen on a metal surface is known as Occlusion and the hydrogen is said to be occluded hydrogen.