Reactive adsorption

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-009974",
  "term": "Reactive adsorption",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "Adsorption in which an arriving molecule splits and one of its fragments bonds to a species already adsorbed on the surface, instead of to a free surface site. It resembles dissociative adsorption, in which both fragments bind to sites. The reverse process, in which a fragment leaves together with an adsorbate, is called reactive desorption.",
  "subject": "Physical and Biophysical Chemistry",
  "see_also": [
    "adsorbate",
    "dissociative adsorption"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 1976, 46, 71. 'Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units - Appendix II. Definitions, Terminology and Symbols in Colloid and Surface Chemistry. Part II: Heterogeneous Catalysis' on page 84 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac197646010071)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/reactive-adsorption/"
}