Title: surface concentration
Long Title: IUPAC Gold Book - surface concentration
DOI: 10.1351/goldbook.S06162
Status: current
Index: quantity

Definition
Amount of substance adsorbed on a surface divided by the surface area.

Related Terms
- Amount of substance: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/A00297
- concentration in experimental surface: https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/C01229

Source
- Green Book, 2nd ed., p. 42 (https://goldbook.iupac.org/files/pdf/green_book_2ed.pdf)

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Citation: Citation: 'surface concentration' 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.S06162
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