What's the difference between absorption and adsorption?
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Adsorption
Synonyms for "adsorption" (22 found)
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Strong matches (6)
Related words (11)
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6 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 24 languages.
Bengali
1 entries- পরিশোষণ noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
Bulgarian
1 entries- адсо́рбция noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
Catalan
1 entries- adsorció noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 吸附 noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
Estonian
1 entries- adsorptsioon noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
Finnish
1 entries- adsorptio noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
French
1 entries- adsorption noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
German
1 entries- Adsorption noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
Greek
1 entries- προσρόφηση noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
Hindi
1 entries- अधिशोषण noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
Hungarian
1 entries- adszorpció noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
Indonesian
2 entries- adsorpsi noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
- penjerapan noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
Irish
2 entries- asú noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
- asúchán noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
Italian
1 entries- adsorbimento noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
Japanese
1 entries- 吸着 noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
Malayalam
1 entries- അധിശോഷണം noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
Polish
1 entries- adsorpcja noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
Portuguese
1 entries- adsorção noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
Russian
1 entries- адсо́рбция noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- adsòrpcija noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
- адсо̀рпција noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
Spanish
1 entries- adsorción noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
Swedish
1 entries- adsorption noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
Turkish
1 entries- adsorpsiyon noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
Vietnamese
1 entries- hấp phụ noun (process of forming a film on the surface of a solid)
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