{"term":{"id":"10163","title":"sorbent","longtitle":"IUPAC Gold Book - sorbent","doi":"10.1351\/goldbook.10163","code":"10163","status":"current","definitions":[{"id":1,"text":"Condensed phase where extraction of analytes can occur at the surface and in the bulk.","notes":{"1":"If extraction occurs exclusively at the surface then adsorbent is the preferred term and if exclusively in the bulk then absorbent should be used.","2":"Sorbent is typically used explicitly to describe a condensed phase where extraction occurs simultaneously by adsorption and absorption (termed sorption), or where the true mechanism has not been established and the use of adsorbent or absorbent would be inappropriate."},"sources":["PAC, 2016, 88, 517. 'Glossary of terms used in extraction (IUPAC Recommendations 2016)' on page 521 (https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1515\/pac-2015-0903)"]}],"altoutputs":{"html":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/10163\/html","xml":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/10163\/xml","plain":"https:\/\/goldbook.iupac.org\/terms\/view\/10163\/plain"},"citation":"Citation: 'sorbent' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351\/goldbook.10163","license":"The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/4.0\/) for individual terms.","collection":"If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org .","disclaimer":"The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using.","accessed":"2026-04-18T16:04:44+00:00"}}