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CHEMISORPTION
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Dictionary entry overview: What does chemisorption mean?
• CHEMISORPTION (noun)
The noun CHEMISORPTION has 1 sense:
1. adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces
Familiarity information: CHEMISORPTION used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Synonyms:
chemisorption; chemosorption
Context example:
chemisorption of gaseous nitrogen on iron catalysts
Hypernyms ("chemisorption" is a kind of...):
adsorption; surface assimilation (the accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid)
Derivation:
chemisorb (take up a substance by chemisorption)
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