why physisorption results into multi-molecular layer and chemisorption results into uni molecular layer???????????

physisorption involves van der wall  attractive forces between adsorbent and adsorbed , This may result on the accumulation of many layers of the molecules on the surface.

Chemosorption involves formation of chemical bonds between adsorbent and adsorbed molecule.

Adsorbent have some functional groups or atoms on its surface with unsatisfied valences, once these valences are satisfied they don't undergo bond formation with more adsorbed molecules and  only single layer is formed.

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