释义 |
desorb, v.|diːˈsɔːb| [Back-formation from desorption.] a. trans. To remove (a substance, etc.) from the surface upon which it is adsorbed. b. intr. Of a substance, etc.: to leave the surface upon which it is adsorbed (and pass into).
1924Proc. R. Soc. A. CVI. 64 (heading) The energy required to desorb the gas-film. Ibid. 67 Some gases..are desorbed from tungsten, etc., with practically zero latent heat. 1937Nature 10 July 48/1 Tswett conceived the idea of making the solution flow in one direction..through a column of the adsorbent, so that the adsorbed material might afterwards be desorbed, or ‘eluted’, by the same or some other more suitable solvent. 1964New Scientist 26 Mar. 828/2 The free radicals were left to accumulate on the surface, from which they ‘desorbed’ back into the chamber. 1967E. L. Pace in E. A. Flood Solid-Gas Interface I. iv. 123 The desorption was accomplished by allowing the gas to desorb into a measured volume with the simultaneous application of heat. |