Adsorption with
dissociation into two or more fragments, both or all of which are bound to the surface of the
adsorbent The process may be homolytic, as in the chemisorption of hydrogen:
where * represents a surface site, or heterolytic, as in:
where
and
are surface sites in which the ions are of lower
coordination than the ions in the bulk phase.
Associative desorption is the reverse of dissociative adsorption.
Source:
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 76
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
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