ISBN: | 978-5-5110-5346-2 |
High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! In chemistry, deposition is the settling of particles (atoms or molecules) or sediment from a solution, suspension and mixture or vapor onto a pre-existing surface. Deposition generally results in growth of new phase and is of fundamental importance in a large number of scientific disciplines and practical applications, the most obvious ones being in geology, meteorology and chemical engineering.