Glossary entry

French term or phrase:

s'adsorber

English translation:

adsorb

Added to glossary by Michele Fauble
Sep 16, 2004 18:43
20 yrs ago
French term

s'adsorber

French to English Tech/Engineering Chemistry; Chem Sci/Eng
les polluants gazeux sont fortement affectés par leur tendance à "s'adsorber" et à réagir ...
ou encore
Compostion chimique de la phase "adsorbée" in situ

thanks for your help
Proposed translations (English)
5 +1 adsorb
4 Typo

Discussion

Non-ProZ.com Sep 16, 2004:
No Thierry, it definitely exists in French. It's a word used in molecular research and spectometry but I'm not sure of the English. I think maybe it's 'fixed' but I'm not sure ...

Proposed translations

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adsorb

"... adsorb. vt attract and hold to surface (minute particles of mixture or molecules of gas or liquid). adsorbate, n. substance or molecules adsorbed..."
www.tiscali.co.uk/reference/dictionaries/ difficultwords/data/d0000330.html



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Note added at 14 mins (2004-09-16 18:58:36 GMT)
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Peer comment(s):

agree Gabrielle Leyden : "to be adsorbed" is most likely in this context
2 mins
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer. Comment: "Thanks Michele. You're right, I just checked on Google and it's everywhere! Many thanks again"
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Typo

I thing there is a typo here.

Should be "s'absorber".

I dont't know how to translate it.

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