immobile adsorption

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A situation in which the freedom of molecules of @A00152@ to move about the surface is limited. @A00155@ is immobile when \(k\ T\) is small compared to \(\Delta E\), the energy barrier separating adjacent sites. The @A00152@ has little chance of migrating to neighbouring sites and such adsorption is necessarily localized.
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 76 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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