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Synonyms for sorb

take up a liquid or a gas either by adsorption or by absorption

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Sorbs in their history and their present status in Europe and the world
where S is the amount of P sorbed (mg P/kg soil), c is the concentration of P in the extract solution (mg P/L), and a and b are coefficients of the Freundlich equation, with b assigned a value of 0.41.
This indicated that the capacity of all 8 soils to sorb P decreased as more P was applied to the soil in a previous year, supporting results of previous laboratory (Barrow 1974) and field (Barrow et al.
1998) studies in showing that previous additions of P to lateritic soil decreased the capacity of the soil to sorb subsequent additions of P.
Past irrigation with wastewater has significantly (P < 0.05) reduced the ability of soil from the 0-20 cm depth to sorb added P at both disposal sites.
For desserts we had two rather dry Tiramasu's,a sorb et and what was described as a Baileys and cream cheesecake which was let down by a complete absence of the Irish cream liqueur.
But we were quite happy to order fresh fruit with an orange sorb et for me and a brandy snap basket with blac
Our daughter had a refreshing raspberry sorb et and our son a delicious-looking and, he confirmed,delicious-tasting lemon meringue pie with raspberry sorbet.