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Glossary:Absorption
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In the context of processing, absorption is the ability of one material to absorb another.
The attachment of compounds or ionic parts of salts to a surface or another phase. Nutrients in solution (ions) carrying a positive charge become attached to (adsorbed by) negatively charged soil particles.