sorption meaning

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sorption (noun): the process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption).

Definition of sorption

  1. the process in which one substance takes up or holds another (by either absorption or adsorption)

    Type of: natural process

    Kinds: absorption, adsorption

    Related forms: sorb

Scrabble score: 10 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with SO · words ending in ON · 8-letter words

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