Relates in the usual sense to the formal nature of the cleavage of a single bond. If the electron pair in the bond of the
adsorptive A
:
B
is divided in the course of its
dissociative adsorption, the
adsorption is homolytic 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
