Associations to the word «Desorption»

Wiktionary

DESORPTION, noun. The process in which atomic or molecular species leave the surface of a solid and escape into the surroundings; the reverse of absorption or adsorption

Dictionary definition

DESORPTION, noun. Changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state.

Wise words

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Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.