Absorbent

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-000158",
  "term": "Absorbent",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. Material that extracts one or more substances from a fluid (gas or liquid) medium on contact, and which changes physically and/or chemically in the process. The less volatile of the two working fluids in an absorption cooling device.\n\n2. A material with the tendency to take up another substance into the bulk of the material.",
  "references": [
    "DOE Office of Energy Efficiency & Renewable Energy Glossary of Energy-Related Terms",
    "EPA's Safer Choice Standard (February 2015) https://www.epa.gov/sites/default/files/2013-12/documents/standard-for-safer-products.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/absorbent/"
}