adsorbent
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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The team will work to achieve simultaneous adsorption and desorption using renewable energy to maximize daily water yield per unit mass of adsorbent to further optimize the system's performance for practical applications in water generation.
From Science Daily • Dec. 5, 2023
However, these materials simply allow separation of the dye from the water -- the dye still exists and is simply attached to the adsorbent materials within the wastewater.
From Science Daily • Oct. 10, 2023
EnergySource technology relies on an adsorbent that separates lithium from impurities in brine.
From Reuters • Sep. 14, 2022
The second step happens elsewhere at the power plant, and involves a selective adsorbent — Spomer described it as a “sponge” — that soaks up lithium while leaving other minerals dissolved in the brine.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 14, 2019
This adsorbent has been found quite as effective as the fuller's earth and it is possible to recover the vitamine from the carbon with treatment by acid.
From The Vitamine Manual by Eddy, Walter H.
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