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adsorption

Toxic gas molecules adhere to the activated charcoal in a gas mask, allowing the person wearing the mask to breathe nontoxic air.

ad·sorp·tion

(ăd-zôrp′shən, -sôrp′-)

The accumulation of gases, liquids, or solutes on the surface of a solid or liquid.

[From adsorb.]

ad·sorp′tive (-tĭv) adj.

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adsorptive

(ədˈsɔːptɪv; ədˈzɔːptɪv)

adj

relating to or characterized by adsorption

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adsorptive - having capacity or tendency to adsorb or cause to accumulate on a surface

adsorbent, surface-assimilative

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Wenze, Transforming growth factor beta1 immobilized adsorptively on Ti6Al4V and collagen type I coated Ti6Al4V maintains its biological activity, Biomaterials, 24, 2631-2641 (2003).

An overview of surface modifications of titanium and its alloys for biomedical applications

The generalized experimental data obtained from researches on "sortovka", being adsorptively cleaned by natural dispersible minerals, are shown in Table 1.