A film of adsorbed gas on the charcoal.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Verb (used with object) : Charcoal will adsorb gases.    From Dictionary.com. 

It is considered an unconventional source as the gas may be attached to or "adsorbed" onto organic matter.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Times of India] Reference

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.    From Wordnik.com.  [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference

Methane and other gases are physically bound (adsorbed) to the coal.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carbon capture and storage] Reference

It is soluble in water, precipitates gelatine, and is adsorbed by hide powder.    From Wordnik.com.  [Synthetic Tannins] Reference

There is a typo in the last paragraph – it should read absorbed, not adsorbed.    From Wordnik.com.  [FAITH • by Aaron Polson] Reference

His early work was concerned with thermionic emission and adsorbed layers on tungsten.    From Wordnik.com.  [Walter H. Brattain - Biography] Reference

The proteolytic activity could not be found neither in the non-adsorbed material which we denoted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Aaron Ciechanover - Autobiography] Reference

Unlike the "B" it is apparently not adsorbed by fine precipitates such as fullers 'earth or colloidal iron.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Vitamine Manual] Reference

Upon release, contaminants are transported through the atmosphere either as gases or adsorbed onto particles.    From Wordnik.com.  [Global change and contaminants in the Arctic] Reference

If I burn a piece of wood, carbon is released, true, but it is the same carbon the tree adsorbed not too many years ago.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » “Walking to the Shops ‘Damages Planet More Than Going By Car’”:] Reference

Metals and many organic compounds may be adsorbed to the sediments (that is, accumulated on their surface) in the wetlands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ecosystems and Human Well-being~ Wetlands and Water~ Wetlands and Water~ Ecosystems and Human Well-being] Reference

Yeah, so yesterday some things happened that adsorbed all my attention, so I was just able to complete the KM.M.MM posting.    From Wordnik.com.  [No Fat Clips!!! : KM.M.MM: Viver Design em São Paulo] Reference

Warren the Ape is clearly not a Jedi Master, but he might be too adsorbed in self-help therapy to be a successful Sith Lord.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Official Star Wars Blog » Seth Green vs. Warren the Ape with Lightsabers!] Reference

I certainly was victimized in the past as a young man living in the south where I adsorbed racist views from the southern culture.    From Wordnik.com.  [Are We Losing Our Minds] Reference

Generally, more methane is adsorbed to the surfaces of the fractures in coal than there is floating around in the coal as free gas.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rabett Run] Reference

Conversely the addition of too much water when topping up the dyebath will cause a decrease in the quantity of dye adsorbed by the fibre.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 7] Reference

This means that CO2 picks-up only small fraction of heat radiated from earth surface water vapor in lower troposphere has already adsorbed.    From Wordnik.com.  [IPCC and Data Access « Climate Audit] Reference

Small particles also carry adsorbed trace metals and carcinogenic hydrocarbons into the lungs, intensifying the potential for health damage.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 8] Reference

And I ` m assuming that what they ` re smelling are the chemicals that have adsorbed onto various surfaces either in the car, under the car, someplace on the car.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 14, 2008] Reference

He must never forget that every precipitate carries down with it contaminating impurities adsorbed or included by the substance as it separates from the solution.    From Wordnik.com.  [Theodore W. Richards - Nobel Lecture] Reference

When the dye has been adsorbed by the fibre, alkali (usually soda ash) is added to the dyebath and the fibre is left in this solution for a further period of time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chapter 8] Reference

For example, if the ash contains a high level of fluorine adsorbed onto the tiny particles and livestock consume both ash and fluorine, there is a risk of fluorosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Volcanic Ash—Effects on Agriculture and Mitigation Strategies] Reference

For example, if the ash contains a high level of fluorine adsorbed onto the tiny particles, and livestock consume both ash and fluorine, there is a risk of fluorosis.    From Wordnik.com.  [Volcanic Ash—Effects on Agriculture and Mitigation Strategies] Reference

This substance is easily adsorbed by hide powder, but is not capable of converting the latter into that insoluble form into which it is converted by the natural tannins.    From Wordnik.com.  [Synthetic Tannins] Reference

The branch adsorbed water with less success than an unnotched branch.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Figure 2: STM image of isolated water molecules adsorbed on ultrathin MgO surface.    From Wordnik.com.  [PhysOrg.com - latest science and technology news stories] Reference

The lower images show conformations of the fully adsorbed chains (time about 8 ms).    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

From hair products to perfume to our deodorant, everything gets adsorbed into our system.    From Wordnik.com.  [xml's Blinklist.com] Reference

Most brands claim to have broken the Chlorella cell wall so its nutrients can be adsorbed by the body.    From Wordnik.com.  [Wil's Ebay E-Store] Reference

In the process it releases methane that was previously adsorbed to the coal surface and that may be recovered.    From Wordnik.com.  [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference

Her eyes swept the scene before her, adsorbed greedily its every detail, then rested on the orchard to the right.    From Wordnik.com.  [Miss Gibbie Gault] Reference

The fact that its entire volume is exposed to its surrounding makes it very efficient to detect adsorbed molecules.    From Wordnik.com.  [Haddock Links] Reference

Non-adsorbed virions were removed by washing cells with PBS before infected cells were incubated for a 14-day period.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference

The purified VLPs are adsorbed on preformed aluminum-containing adjuvant (Amorphous Aluminum Hydroxyphosphate Sulfate).    From Wordnik.com. Reference

Volatile garlic odor components - gas phases adsorbed exhaled air analysed headspace gas chromatography-mass spectrometry.    From Wordnik.com.  [MyLinkVault Newest Links] Reference

We interpret the Pb 4f XPS data as indicating that the Pb atom can detach from the PbPc molecule when it is adsorbed in the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Next Big Future] Reference

The antigens diluted in PBS were adsorbed onto alum at room-temperature for one hour with slow mixing before being injected into mice.    From Wordnik.com.  [PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles] Reference