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physiosorption

physiosorption is the alternative form of physisorption.

Meaning of physisorption

Noun

physisorption (countable and uncountable, plural physisorptions)

  1. (physical) adsorption in which the forces involved are intermolecular rather than chemical
    • Otherwise, in the case of pure physisorption, adatoms and very small adclusters would not be observed with the STM because the probability for the sharp eigenstates of the adparticles to lie within the 10 meV energy window ( given by the bias voltage ) would be considerably small.1987, PDMS and Clusters, page 125

Forms of physiosorption

pluralphysiosorptions

Questions about physiosorption

What is physiosorption the alternative form of?
Physiosorption is the alternative form of physisorption.

Words near physiosorption in the dictionary

  1. physiosemeiosis
  2. physiosociological
  3. physiosophic
  4. physiosophy
  5. physiosorbed
  6. physiosorption
  7. physiotemporal
  8. physiotherapeutic
  9. physiotherapeutical
  10. physiotherapeutically
  11. physiotherapeutics

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