sorbent
- noun
- /ˈsɔːrbənt/
- Specialized
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sorbente
- Activated carbon is a common sorbent used in air purification systems.
- sorbent injection
- solid sorbent
Examples
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First, a sample is collected in a container, which may be a polyethylene bag, glass or metal canister, or a solid sorbent trap.
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An early design feature had been the use of a copper sorbent to remove sulfur.
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The design results in low pressure drop and long service life between sorbent changes for reduced operating and maintenance costs.
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How do you make your design more efficient so so you can get even better performance for the same kind of sorbent capacities?
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This is a type of sorbent, hollow fiber sorbent that's developed out of Chris Jones group at Georgia Tech.
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Sorbents made of mixed-metal oxides offer the advantages of regenerability.
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Sorbent injection, used in conjunction with slagging combustors, is claimed to reduce SO2 emissions by 50 to 80 percent.
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The passive dosimeters used hopcalite as the solid sorbent, which was digested with nitric and hydrochloric acid.
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A major achievement has been the successful completion of a 100-cycle test using a commercially made 200-pound batch of zinc titanate sorbent.
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Flue-gas desulfurization (FGD) uses lime or limestone as an alkaline sorbent to "scrub" SO2 from utility emissions.
Academic text (1990)
Synonyms
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3.4
Something that takes in and holds a lot of liquid
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3.0
A material that soaks up liquids or gases quickly
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3.7
A material like a sponge that soaks up liquids or gases easily
A material that soaks up liquids and gases
Compounds
How Absorbent
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Sorbent comes from an old Latin word sorbere meaning 'to suck in' or 'to absorb'. It is the same idea as in absorb: a sorbent is a material that 'sucks in' liquids or gases, like a sponge.