adsorber
- noun
- /ˈædˌsɔrbər/
- Specialized
:
adsorbedor
- To improve air quality, they installed an adsorber that filters out pollutants from the exhaust.
Examples
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In the laboratory, the researchers used an adsorber to purify the gases before analysis.
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On its way from the adsorber, part of the gas flows through a catalytic converter, where it is transformed into carbon dioxide and water and exits to the outside air.
Academic text (1995) -
From the adsorber, the gas returns to the heat exchanger, heats up to 1550 degrees F, and recirculates through the evaporator.
Academic text (1995) -
Another important factor after 3 months is that some of the very short-lived radionuclides that decayed away in the first 3 months are neutron adsorbers, which tend to poison nuclear reactions.
Blog text (25) -
From there, the gas flows through an adsorber unit that consists of activated alkali-based alumina, which removes chlorine that may be in the stream from treating materials such as polyvinyl chloride or chloroform.
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The adsorber effectively removes harmful substances from the air by capturing them on its surface.
Synonyms
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A machine that removes harmful chemicals from gases before release
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Adsorber comes from ad- 'to' and sorb 'to take in', and it is related to the familiar word absorb. So an adsorber is a device that makes unwanted substances 'stick to the surface' of a solid instead of going inside, which is how it removes them from a gas or liquid.