Relating to or having the capacity for adsorption; describes something's ability to attract substances to its surface.
From 'adsorption' + '-ive' suffix, forming an adjective meaning 'of or relating to adsorption'.
Certain minerals have remarkable adsorptive properties—zeolites, for instance, are so good at trapping molecules they're used in everything from kitty litter to spacecraft oxygen systems.
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