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Answer for the clue "Changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state ", 10 letters:
desorption

Word definitions for desorption in dictionaries

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Desorption is a phenomenon whereby a substance is released from or through a surface. The process is the opposite of sorption (that is, either adsorption or absorption ). This occurs in a system being in the state of sorption equilibrium between bulk phase ...

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. changing from an adsorbed state on a surface to a gaseous or liquid state

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. The process in which atomic or molecular species leave the surface of a solid and escape into the surroundings; the reverse of absorption or adsorption

Usage examples of desorption.

This is called sublimation or desorption, and the higher the temperature, the more thrust results.

It dawned on us that O'Neill had developed a new field desorption mass spectrometer technique, a soft technique for analysis of the products from the pyrolysis of DNA.

It dawned on us that O'Neill had developed a new field desorption mass spectrometer technique, a soft technique for analysis of the products from the pyrolysis of DNA.

The solid amine water desorption unit removed carbon dioxide from the air by passing it over beads of resin inside steel canisters.