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