sticking coefficient

in surface chemistry
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.S06012
The ratio of the rate of @A00155@ to the rate at which the @A00166@ strikes the total surface, i.e. covered and uncovered. It is usually a function of @S06165@, of temperature and of the details of the surface structure of the @A00153@.
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 78 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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