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Which German physicist coined the word adsorption in 1881?
AFrancesco Selmi
BThomas Graham
CMichael Faraday
DHeinrich Kayser
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: D. Heinrich Kayser
Heinrich Kayser introduced the term in 1881 while studying how carbons take up gases.
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