Sorption
noun, Chemistry.
1.
the state or process of being sorbed.
noun
1.
the process in which one substance takes up or holds another; adsorption or absorption
sorption sorp·tion (sôrp’shən)
n.
Adsorption or absorption.
sorption
(sôrp’shən)
The taking up and holding of one substance by another. Sorption includes the processes of absorption and adsorption.
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