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desorption

British  
/ dɪˈsɔːpʃən, -ˈzɔːp- /

noun

  1. the action or process of desorbing

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Now, Osaka Metropolitan University researchers have found a way to make desorption of these polymers more efficient.

From Science Daily • Nov. 27, 2024

“At the same time, we control the temperature of desorption, so you can still remove the water without a lot of heat.”

From Scientific American • Nov. 17, 2021

Dr. Jack Hubball, a forensic science examiner at the Connecticut Forensic Lab, successfully isolated both of these chemical compounds using a thermal desorption extraction method.

From Washington Times • Feb. 24, 2018

The samples were analysed for adsorption and desorption ranged from 10−7 to 1 of P/P0.

From Nature • Mar. 14, 2017

It hired a Canadian company, Nelson Environmental Remediation, to treat the contaminated soil by burning it on site in “thermal desorption units.”

From New York Times • Nov. 22, 2014

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