Ostwald's adsorption isotherm
Ostwald's adsorption isotherm
[′ȯst‚välts ad′sörp·shən ′ī·sə‚thərm] (thermodynamics)
An equation stating that at a constant temperature the weight of material adsorbed on an adsorbent dispersed through a gas or solution, per unit weight of adsorbent, is proportional to the concentration of the adsorbent raised to some constant power.
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