adsorption isotherm

in chromatography
Isotherm describing adsorption of the sample component on the surface of the stationary phase from the mobile phase.
Source:
PAC, 1996, 68, 1591 (Nomenclature for non-linear chromatography (IUPAC Recommendations 1996)) on page 1592
This definition supersedes an earlier definition of adsorption isotherm.