adsorb
Adsorption is the process by which a substance such as charcoal binds other substances onto its surfaces.
Replacement adsorption pads cost around £5 for three.
He suggested that adsorption of these molecules on mineral surfaces would protect them from the harmful effects of UV radiation.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Physical & chemical processes
absorbable
absorptive
absorptive capacity
absorptivity
acidification
endothermic reaction
excitation
excite
exergonic
exothermic
exothermic reaction
fermentation
impregnate
reabsorb
react
reboil
recondense
redox
scald
vaporize

Examples of adsorption

adsorption
Here, we present the results concerning the adsorption and detection of the adenine nucleic based on a series of minerals including clay and meteorite.
Our previous work has demonstrated that metal ferrocyanides posses strong adsorption affinity towards amino acids and nucleotides.
The term ' sorption ' has been introduced to describe the combined surface and volume effects of adsorption and absorption, respectively.
For example, in this assay cells infected by 5ts1 primary phages are subjected to secondary adsorption only by wild-type gene 5 phages.
Kinetics of polymer adsorption measured in situ at the solid liquid interface - utility of the infrared total internalreflection method.
The iron oxides prepared with higher calcination temperatures showed less adsorption of ribose nucleotides.
Adsorption of antimicrobial proteins has been tested on several surfaces.
They find by perturbing about infinite adsorption rate that there is a decrease in the film thickness due to surface tension gradient.
Consider first the left-hand side of the stagnation point where u is negative and the adsorption term favours a negative interfacial gradient.
Thus, a high adsorption coefficient will apply, resulting in more delay.
At this limit, maximum adsorption of the trace impurities occurs.
The chambers (63 mm in diameter, by 30 mm high) were machined from brass and electroplated with nickel to minimize water adsorption.
Interactions between cations and anions influencing adsorption and leaching.
This adsorption water covers the grains of the soil with multiple layers, and it does not freeze.
To solve equation (9), we used adsorption isotherms of re-dried seed tissues, which could introduce a systematic error in all calculations.
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