noun. the process in which a substance is adsorbed on the surface of another by means of chemical rather than physical bonding

noun. adsorption (especially when irreversible) by means of chemical instead of physical forces

"The subject of his thesis was the thermogravimetric study of active sites in the process of low-temperature oxidation of char, where he demonstrated that oxygen chemisorption on carbon is strongly temperature and pressure-dependent."

chemisorb  

adsorption  surface assimilation  

anæsthetic  carotene  chlorophyll  emulsifier  hydrophobic