CHEMISORPTION

chemisorption, chemosorption

(noun) adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces; “chemisorption of gaseous nitrogen on iron catalysts”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Noun

chemisorption (uncountable)

(chemistry) the process in which a substance is adsorbed on the surface of another by means of chemical rather than physical bonding

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Word of the Day

24 October 2024

ELLIPSE

(noun) a closed plane curve resulting from the intersection of a circular cone and a plane cutting completely through it; “the sums of the distances from the foci to any point on an ellipse is constant”


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Coffee Trivia

According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.

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