CHEMISORPTION

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chemisorption mean? 

• CHEMISORPTION (noun)
  The noun CHEMISORPTION has 1 sense:

1. adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces

  Familiarity information: CHEMISORPTION used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHEMISORPTION (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

chemisorption; chemosorption

Context example:

chemisorption of gaseous nitrogen on iron catalysts

Hypernyms ("chemisorption" is a kind of...):

adsorption; surface assimilation (the accumulation of molecules of a gas to form a thin film on the surface of a solid)

Derivation:

chemisorb (take up a substance by chemisorption)