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adsorb

[ad-sawrb, -zawrb]

verb (used with object)

Physical Chemistry.
  1. to gather (a gas, liquid, or dissolved substance) on a surface in a condensed layer.

    Charcoal will adsorb gases.



adsorb

/ ədˈsɔːb, -ˈzɔːb /

verb

  1. to undergo or cause to undergo a process in which a substance, usually a gas, accumulates on the surface of a solid forming a thin film, often only one molecule thick Compare absorb

    to adsorb hydrogen on nickel

    oxygen adsorbs on tungsten

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • adsorbable adjective
  • adsorbability noun
  • adsorbent adjective
  • adsorption noun
  • adsorptive adjective
  • adsorptively adverb
  • ˈǰپDz noun
  • ˈǰ adjective
  • ˌǰˈٲ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of adsorb1

First recorded in 1880–85; ad- + (ab)sorb
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of adsorb1

C19: ad- + -sorb as in absorb
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Such AI tools, built using what are known as "large language models" have also displayed bias, as they adsorb the prejudices inherent in the human-generated data on which they are trained.

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The metal ions make nodes that bind the linkers' arms to form a repeating structure that looks something like a cage; the structure has nanosized pores that adsorb gases, similar to a sponge.

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Like all MOFs, the material features a porous, crystalline array of metal ions and organic linkers, with an internal area equivalent to about six football fields per tablespoon -- a huge area for adsorbing gases.

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First they used classical computers to model how molecules adsorb and desorb from catalyst particles; then they applied their quantum computer to identify the most likely reaction pathway of the electrons and protons involved.

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Moreover, the presence of adsorbed water molecules in MOFs further reduces their effective thermal conductivity.

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