abstraction process

in catalysis

Also contains definition of: extraction process in catalysis

https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.A00046

In abstraction and extraction processes, an adsorptive or adsorbate species extracts an adsorbed atom or a lattice atom respectively. Abstraction process:

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Extraction process:

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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 85 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac197646010071)