adsorbent
- adjective
- /ædˈzɔːrbənt/
- Specialized
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adsorbente
- As air is passed over the flowers, it picks up volatiles that are then captured on adsorbent material for later extraction.
Examples
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SPME relies upon the concentration of headspace vapors onto an adsorbent medium.
Academic text (2007) -
After draining water, grains were dried with adsorbent paper.
Academic text (2014) -
Now you've got ethyl acetate for your eluent, you've got a polar solid adsorbent and your non polar component.
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The biosorption efficiency of adsorbents was maximum at 0.3 g of adsorbent dose with 120 rpm shaking speed and 303 K temperature.
Academic text (2015) -
The laboratory used an adsorbent material to capture pollutants from the air.
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Researchers discovered that the new adsorbent effectively trapped heavy metals from water.
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To improve the process, scientists tested various adsorbent substances for their ability to retain gases.
Synonyms
Able to attract and hold other substances on its surface, like a sponge holds water
Causes liquids or tiny bits to stick to a surface
A material that chemically attracts and holds other molecules
Able to hold molecules on a surface by making chemical bonds
Antonyms
Compounds
How Adsorbent
- Specialized
- Specialized
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Adsorbent comes from ad- 'to' and sorb 'to suck', so it means 'able to pull and hold on a surface'. When a material is adsorbent, it can hold other substances on its surface instead of taking them inside, so it works differently from absorb.
