Also contains definition of: associative desorption
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.D01803
Adsorption
with dissociation
into two or more fragments, both or all of which are bound to the surface of the adsorbent
The process may be homolytic, as in the chemisorption of hydrogen: coordination
than the ions in the bulk phase. Associative desorption is the reverse of dissociative adsorption.