## sticking coefficient

in surface chemistry
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.S06012
The ratio of the rate of @[email protected] to the rate at which the @[email protected] strikes the total surface, i.e. covered and uncovered. It is usually a function of @[email protected], of temperature and of the details of the surface structure of the @[email protected]
Source:
PAC, 1976, 46, 71. (Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units - Appendix II. Definitions, Terminology and Symbols in Colloid and Surface Chemistry. Part II: Heterogeneous Catalysis) on page 78 [Terms] [Paper]