Adsorbent
to gather (a gas, liquid, or dissolved substance) on a surface in a condensed layer:
charcoal will adsorb gases.
contemporary examples
the reason it works is that coconut charcoal is in adsorbent.
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adjective
capable of adsorption
noun
a material, such as activated charcoal, on which adsorption can occur
verb
to undergo or cause to undergo a process in which a substance, usually a gas, acc-mulates on the surface of a solid forming a thin film, often only one molecule thick: to adsorb hydrogen on nickel, oxygen adsorbs on tungsten compare absorb (sense 8)
v.
1882, transitive (intransitive use attested from 1919), back-formation from adsorption (1882), coined in german from ad- + -sorption, abstracted from absorption. see absorb. related: adsorbent; adsorption.
adsorbent ad·sor·bent (ād-sôr’bənt, -zôr’-)
adj.
capable of adsorption. n.
an adsorptive substance.
a pharmacological substance capable of attaching other substances to its surface without any chemical action.
an antigen or antibody used in immune adsorption.
adsorb ad·sorb (ād-sôrb’, -zôrb’)
v. ad·sorbed, ad·sorb·ing, ad·sorbs
to take up by adsorption.
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