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Adsorbent

noun
1.
A material having capacity or tendency to adsorb another substance.  Synonym: adsorbent material.





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"Adsorbent" Quotes from Famous Books



... able to obtain a concentrate vitamine from an extract of alfalfa or autolysed yeast with the aid of a carbon specially activated by McKee of Columbia University for the adsorption of basic substance. This adsorbent has been found quite as effective as the fuller's earth and it is possible to recover the vitamine from the carbon with treatment by acid. Glacial acetic and heat are especially favorable for this process. The study of this concentrate has not, however, ...
— The Vitamine Manual • Walter H. Eddy


Words linked to "Adsorbent" :   chemosorptive, sorbent, adsorb, chemisorptive, nonadsorbent, adsorptive, sorbent material, adsorbent material, surface-assimilative


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