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Desorption vs Evaporation - What's the difference?

desorption | evaporation |

As nouns the difference between desorption and evaporation

is that desorption is the process in which atomic or molecular species leave the surface of a solid and escape into the surroundings; the reverse of absorption or adsorption while evaporation is the process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.

desorption

English

Noun

(wikipedia desorption) (en-noun)
  • The process in which atomic or molecular species leave the surface of a solid and escape into the surroundings; the reverse of absorption or adsorption

    • Synonyms

    * elution

    evaporation

    English

    Noun

  • The process of a liquid converting to the gaseous state.
  • The process in which all or a portion of liquid (in a container) is turned into vapour, in order to increase the concentration of solid matter in the mixture.
  • (archaic) That which is evaporated; vapor.

    • See also

    * vaporization