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adsorption

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


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Many standard approaches rely on adsorption, meaning the chemicals stick to materials such as activated carbon or ion-exchange resins.

From Science Daily Dec. 25, 2025

Pitcher filters are simple, but their long-term cost can be higher than that of adsorption or reverse osmosis filters installed under the sink.

From Salon Oct. 3, 2024

The changes in molecular vibrations of the pMBA molecules, which vary with hydrogen ion adsorption, serve the function of memory and nonlinear waveform transformation for calculation.

From Science Daily Apr. 26, 2024

The catalyst's reaction acceleration ability was enhanced by increasing the adsorption intensity of protons on the catalyst surface.

From Science Daily Jan. 22, 2024

Here, we deal with adsorption and other colloidal phenomena, rather than with ordinary stoichiometric combinations.

From The Chemistry of Plant Life by Roscoe Wilfred Thatcher

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