Relates in the usual sense to the formal nature of the cleavage of a single bond.
If in the bond of the
adsorptiveA:
B,
A
or
B
retains the electron pair, the
adsorption is heterolytic dissociative adsorption.
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