adsorption
nounEtymology Borrowed from German Adsorption, from ad- + (Ab)sorption.
1
The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.
- Antonyms
- desorption
- Derived terms
- adparticle, adsorptional, adsorption calorimetry, bioadsorption, coadsorption, deadsorption, hemadsorption, hemoadsorption, immunoadsorption, photoadsorption, physisorption, postadsorption, preadsorption, readsorption, sodium adsorption ratio
- Related terms
- adsorb, adsorbability, adsorbable, adsorbate, adsorbent, absorption, sorption