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What does desorb mean?

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Verb
  1. (of a substance) To remove (or be removed) from a surface onto which it was adsorbed or through which it was absorbed
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Surfactants enhance bioremediation involves the use of surfactants to desorb the contamination and significantly improve the bio-availability of many recalcitrant compounds.
The analytes desorb into the column, while the injecting syringe retracts the SPME fibers.
Theoretically, the material ensuring maximum climatic comfort must be able to quickly absorb moisture and to desorb it also quickly, ideally by following the day and night cycles.
Pressure reduction allows the gas to desorb and flow to the well bore.
This was followed by plasma desorption in the 1970s, which uses high energy ions to desorb and ionise molecules.
Surfactant enhanced remediation involves the use of surfactant formulations to selectively desorb and dissolve target contaminates from the solid to liquid phase.

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