Sorption

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-026161",
  "term": "Sorption",
  "field": "Environment",
  "definition": "1. A general term used to encompass the processes of absorption, adsorption, ion exchange, and chemisorption.\n\n2. Processes that remove solutes from the fluid phase and concentrate them on the solid phase of a medium; used to encompass absorption and adsorption.\n\n3. The adherence of ions or molecules in a gas or liquid to the surface of a solid particle with which they are in contact.\n\n4. A surface phenomenon which may be either absorption or adsorption, or a combination of the two; often used when the specific mechanism is not known.\n\n5. A process in which something is taken up and held.\n\n6. As used in the Superfund Program, sorption refers to technologies that use a sorption agent that attracts, takes up, and holds hazardous waste for removal.\n\n7. The action of soaking up or attracting substances; process used in many pollution control systems.\n\n8. The act of soaking up or attracting substances.\n\n9. Sorption can be defined as the interaction of a contaminant with a solid.",
  "subject": "Water",
  "references": [
    "Underground Storage Tank Sites Guide Glossary; Office of Underground Storage Tanks Technical Terms; Glossary of Technical Terms: Office of Underground Storage Tanks",
    "Leaking Underground Storage Tanks Sites Glossary",
    "Sediment Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) Glossary",
    "Drinking Water Technical & Legal Terms",
    "Superfund for Students and Teachers Glossary",
    "Terms of Environment",
    "Glossary: Study of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources; EPA Study of the Potential Impacts of Hydraulic Fracturing on Drinking Water Resources: Progress Report at http://www.epa.gov/hfstudy/pdfs/hf-report20121214.pdf",
    "EPA Basic Concepts of Contaminant Sorption at Hazardous Waste Sites EPA/540/4-90/053 October 1990 at http://www.epa.gov/nrmrl/pubs/540490053/issue6.pdf"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/sorption/"
}