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adsorb
(redirected from adsorbing)

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ad·sorb  (d-sôrb, -zôrb)
tr.v. ad·sorbed, ad·sorb·ing, ad·sorbs
To take up by adsorption.
[ad- + Latin sorbre, to suck.]
ad·sorba·bili·ty n.
ad·sorba·ble adj.
adsorb [ədˈsɔːb -ˈzɔːb]
vb
(Chemistry) to undergo or cause to undergo a process in which a substance, usually a gas, accumulates on the surface of a solid forming a thin film, often only one molecule thick to adsorb hydrogen on nickel oxygen adsorbs on tungsten Compare absorb [8]
[ad- + -sorb as in absorb]
adsorbable  adj
adsorbability  n
adsorption  n
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Verb1.adsorb - accumulate (liquids or gases) on the surface
chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
sorb, take up - take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption
Translations
adsorb
vt → adsorbieren


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