desorption

See also: Desorption and désorption

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Noun

desorption (usually uncountable, plural desorptions)

1. The process in which atomic or molecular species leave the surface of a solid and escape into the surroundings; the reverse of absorption or adsorption.

Synonyms

• elution

 

Derived terms

• photodesorption
• thermal desorption
• thermodesorption

 

Related terms

• deabsorb
• deadsorb
• sorption