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LYOPHILIC COLLOID [1 record]

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Record 1 2001-10-12

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Geochemistry
DEF

... a substance which will readily go into colloidal suspension in a liquid.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Géochimie
OBS

lyophile : Se dit de ce qui est apte à former des suspensions colloïdales dans un milieu liquide donné. (Sont lyophiles vis-à-vis de l'eau beaucoup de macromolécules ou d'assemblages plus grands qui portent des groupes superficiels ionisables; par exemple, en physico-chimie, certains latex et les micelles directes, et, en biochimie, les protéines globulaires, les acides nucléiques, et les virus formés par assemblage de tels constituants.)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Geoquímica
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