Used in a Sentence

adsorption

Definition, parts of speech, synonyms, and sentence examples for adsorption.

Editorial note

Whether it's CaCl (absorption) or Silica (adsorption), or the latest lab-designed adsorption surface.

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Quick take

The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of adsorption gathered in one view.

noun

The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for adsorption.

noun

The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.

Example sentences

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Whether it's CaCl (absorption) or Silica (adsorption), or the latest lab-designed adsorption surface.

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Unlike adsorption techniques there is zero change to the mechanism which just keeps pulling water from the air.

3

Chromatography is based on different adsorption affinity of the different molecules of the liquid to the stationary phase.

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Google for astronomical magnitude and there's also some interesting quantitative chemical analysis stuff having to do with light adsorption.

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After cooking it, it'll be a whole lot more than 8 pounds due to water adsorption.

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I'd be curious to see how much metal adsorption we're talking, but Sci-Hub doesn't have this one yet...

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My favorite fact about steam distribution systems is that they can be used for cooling, using either a steam-powered compressor or using adsorption refrigeration.

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Wagner and later the adsorption of other PMCs rectified that a bit, but if Prigozhin is to be believed, the Russians didn't treat them...

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If they’re lucky, the bubble adsorbs the drug, maybe if it’s protein-based or has a slow adsorption curve with an induction period and non-spherical oscillations.

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According to their calculations, they're getting 1-2mmol/g adsorption.

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I wonder how stable its adsorption properties are over time, though.

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I guess adsorption chillers might work with it though.

Quote examples

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*Exhibit A: The "Phantom Parameter" (Physics)* In a lattice adsorption problem (`66fecb...`), the text is broken.

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(And auto-correction has its own problems, as anyone who really wants to search for "adsorption" not "absorption" will tell you).

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New tech and specific applications can be covered for commercialization, but the general "idea" of using MOFs for adsorption is broad enough that you'd probably only get into legal hot water if you tried to introduce a direct competitor to someone in the market.

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"So if you made a human that did this, you would have a human that could refrain from eating much food for energy and instead choose to hang out in a nuclear reactor" There may also be a surface area to volume argument that radiation could support a 200 pound pile of fungi, but only as long as the average thickness of fungus (or human) is less than 1/4 inch for maximum adsorption rate.

Proper noun examples

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Adsorption is due to weak bonds that form between molecules of a surface and a fluid.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use adsorption in a sentence?

Whether it's CaCl (absorption) or Silica (adsorption), or the latest lab-designed adsorption surface.

What does adsorption mean?

The adhesion of a liquid or gas on the surface of a solid material, forming a thin film on the surface.

What part of speech is adsorption?

adsorption is commonly used as noun.