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n. -A taking up by non physical forces of the molecules of gases, of dissolved substances, or of liquids by the surfaces of solids or liquids with which they are in contact (especially when irreversible)

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  • chemisorption of gaseous nitrogen on iron catalysts
  • Do you think a covalent bond occurs between the two (i. e chemisorption)? or it is physiorption?
  • The PICO-TRAP System combines the principles of chemisorption and physisorption to achieve higher levels of process gas purity than by conventional purification...
  • The subject of his thesis was the thermogravimetric study of active sites in the process of low-temperature oxidation of char, where he demonstrated that oxygen...
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