Definition of "adsorbed" []

• Simple past tense and past participle of adsorb. (verb)

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• "According to this theory the layer of gas adsorbed is limited - in ideal border-line cases at least - to an extremely thin film of gas molecules extending over a single plane, thus a film whose thickness is that of a single molecule or, in other words, is monomolecular."
• "It is considered an unconventional source as the gas may be attached to or "adsorbed" onto organic matter."
• "In such purifiers, chemicals, gases, and odors stick to the carbon and are "adsorbed" onto its huge surface area, bonding to the surface through chemical attraction."