Sorption
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Sorption is a physical and chemical process by which one substance becomes attached to another. Specific cases of sorption are treated in the following articles:
- Absorption
- "the incorporation of a substance in one state into another of a different state"gasesbeing absorbed by a liquid);
- Adsorption
- The physical adherence or bonding of catalystsurface);
- Ion exchange
- An exchange of complex.
The reverse of sorption is desorption.
Sorption rate
The adsorption and absorption rate of a diluted solute in gas or liquid solution to a surface or interface can be calculated using Fick's laws of diffusion.
See also
- Sorption isotherm
References
- ISBN 978-2848673042.
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