Question

difference b/n adsorption nd absorption

Answer 1

Originally Answered: What is difference between adsorption and absorption? The main difference is that adsorption is a surface phenomenon whileabsorption is a bulk phenomenon. ... Adsorption is the accumulation or concentration of liquid or gas molecules (adsorbate) over the surface of a solid or a liquid (adsorbent)

Answer 2

The major difference between adsorption and absorption is that one is a surface process and the other a bulk process.

Adsorption — takes place on the surface of a substrateAbsorption — one substance enters the bulk, or volume, of another substance e.g. a gas absorbed by a liquid