adsorption

The assimilation of a gas , liquid , or dissolved substance by the surface of a solid .

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Toxins are carried out of the body through a process called adsorption.

The amount of adsorption depends also upon the exact nature of the sol.

Like all electrolytes its presence decreases the adsorption of chromic acid.

This is mainly because it is possible to attain a greater adsorption in a liquor.

Adsorption is often deliberately increased by a preparatory adsorption.

(b) Adsorption out of different liquids, by the same adsorbing body, is different in amount.

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