Audio English.net » Dictionary » C » Chemical Plant ... Chernozemic Soil

CHEMOSORPTION

Dictionary entry overview: What does chemosorption mean?

• CHEMOSORPTION (noun)
The noun CHEMOSORPTION has 1 sense:

1. adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces

Familiarity information: CHEMOSORPTION used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CHEMOSORPTION (noun)

Sense 1

chemosorption ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

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 ("chemosorption" 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)

Learn English with... Proverbs of the week

"You can't teach grandma to suck eggs." (English proverb)

"You must first walk around a bit before you can understand the distance from the valley to the mountain." (Bhutanese proverb)

"If patience is sour then its result is sweet." (Arabic proverb)

"A good dog gets a good bone." (Corsican proverb)

Page delivered in 0.0663 seconds