adsorbate
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ad·sor·bate (ăd-sôr'bĭt, -bāt', -zôr'-) 
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The noun has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
a material that has been or is capable of being adsorbed
The adjective adsorbate has one meaning:
Meaning #1:
capable of being adsorbed or accumulated on a surface of a solid
Synonym: adsorbable
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In chemistry and surface science, an adsorbate is a substance adhered to a surface (the adsorbent). The quantity of adsorbate present on a surface depends on several factors including: adsorbent type, adsorbate type, adsorbate size, adsorbate concentration, temperature, pressure, etc.
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- adsorption complex (chemistry)
- capillary condensation (physical chemistry)
- physical adsorption (physical chemistry)
- monolayer capacity (chemistry)
- elution
- EELS
- Huttig equation (thermodynamics)
- Langmuir adsorption isotherm
- Surface and interfacial chemistry
- Adsorption operations (chemical engineering)
- Surface-acoustic-wave devices (physical electronics)
- Adsorption (physical chemistry)
- Desorption
- Langmuir adsorption model
