Title: adsorption capacity
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - adsorption capacity
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.A00156
Status: current

Definition
For strongly adsorbed solutes of limited solubility, the value of the amount of adsorbed substance reached in a saturated solution is called the adsorption capacity of the adsorbent for a specific solute; its value depends also, in general, on the nature and, in the case of more than two components, on the relative composition of the bulk liquid.

Related Terms
- adsorbent: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/A00153
- saturated solution: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/S05471
- solubility: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/S05740

Source
- PAC, 1972, 31, 577. 'Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units, Appendix II: Definitions, Terminology and Symbols in Colloid and Surface Chemistry' on page 594 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac197231040577)

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Citation: Citation: 'adsorption capacity' 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.A00156
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