adsorption isotherm

From Glossary of Meteorology
A boundary on a phase diagram that expresses the partitioning of a compound between solid and aqueous phases.

It is the isothermal equilibrium relationship between the concentration of a compound sorbed to the solid phase and the concentration of the same compound in the aqueous solution in contact with the solid phase.

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