absorption (physicochemical processes)

  1. Home
  2. top of the aat hierarchies
  3. Activities Facet
  4. Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name)
  5. [processes and techniques by specific type]
  6. physicochemical processes
  7. absorption
Scope note
The process by which a liquid, or a mixture of gases and liquids, is drawn into and tends to fill permeable pores in a porous solid material; usually accompanied by a physical change, chemical change, or both.
absorption
Accepted term: 05-Jan-2026