Absorption (in colloid and surface chemistry) 1
Absorption (in colloid and surface chemistry) 1 : A process whereby, when two phases are brought into contact, a given component is transferred from one phase to the other (after IUPAC, 1972). Experimental differentiation of absorption and adsorption (q.v.) may be difficult, and sometimes the two processes occur simultaneously; in such cases the term ''sorption'' is used
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