able to be adsorbed or capable of sticking to a surface.
From 'adsorb' combined with the suffix '-able' (capable of being). This adjective describes substances that have the property of sticking to surfaces.
Water treatment engineers test which heavy metals are adsorbable to different clay minerals—some metals stick readily while others don't, which determines what filter materials work best for purification.
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