physisorption

English

Etymology

Blend of physical +‎ adsorption

Noun

physisorption (countable and uncountable, plural physisorptions)

1. (physical chemistry) adsorption in which the forces involved are intermolecular rather than chemical
   • 1987, PDMS and Clusters, page 125:

     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.

Related terms

• chemisorption

French

Noun

physisorption f (plural physisorptions)

1. physisorption