How to Use adsorb in a Sentence

adsorb

verb

• Nitrate dissolves easily in water and does not adsorb onto the soil.
  — Anna Kleiber, jsonline.com, 9 Oct. 2025
• The surface is then dosed with phosphine gas, which adsorbs to the surface only in places where the silicon is exposed.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2026
• After that, the reactor begins another cycle of adsorbing CO2 from the air.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 21 Nov. 2024
• The scientists explained that water molecules adsorbed by the material modify its electronic structure.
  — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
• After drawing air across MOF-coated contractors, water vapor is directly adsorbed at the molecular level.
  — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Jan. 2026
• The experiments showed that larger anions consistently improved the material’s ability to adsorb carbon dioxide.
  — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 8 May 2026
• Once gases, such as carbon dioxide (CO2) or nitrogen oxides (NOx), come into contact with the system, they are adsorbed onto the electrode surface.
  — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 20 Apr. 2026
• Deterra Drug Deactivation System test The Deterra Drug Deactivation System is a biodegradable pouch that uses activated charcoal to adsorb medications after warm water is added.
  — Sunny Linnebur, The Conversation, 18 Sep. 2026
• Hydrochars derived from flax shives (FS-Fe-HC), and eucalyptus (ES-Fe-HC) were tested for their efficiency in adsorbing pentachlorophenol (PCP) from wastewater.
  — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 30 Oct. 2025