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adparticle.

A cluster of atoms or molecules that is adsorbed onto the surface of a material.

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Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A cluster of atoms or molecules that is adsorbed onto the surface of a material.

Where this word comes from

Revised spelling of ad particle popularized by Robert Gomer and Lynn W. Swanson's 1963 paper "Theory of field desorption", coined by chemists Roger Wortman, Robert Gomer, and Richard A. Lundy, in 1957 as a shortening of adsorption + particle.

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