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PEPTIZING AGENT [1 record]

Record 1 2003-04-24

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemical Engineering
  • Rubber
CONT

peptization. A form of aggregation in which hydrophobic colloidal sols are stabilized by addition of electrolytes, which provide the necessary electric double layer of ionic charges around each particle. Such electrolytes are known as peptizing agents.

OBS

peptizing agent; peptizer: terms standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génie chimique
  • Caoutchouc
CONT

Hydrophilisation. Dans certains cas la solvatation ou le simple mouillage se produit par l'intermédiaire d'un troisième constituant appelé solubilisant pour les solutions vraies, peptisant pour les solutions colloïdales, émulsionnant pour les émulsions, stabilisant pour les suspensions colloïdales, agent de mouillage pour les actions de surface. Ces intermédiaires [...] abaissent la tension superficielle.

OBS

agent peptisant; peptisant: termes normalisés par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Ingenieria química
  • Caucho
DEF

Agente que causa la desfloculación: constituyen ejemplos el carbonato sódico y otros materiales básicos empleados para desflocular las barbotinas cerámicas.

OBS

La peptización o desintegración en partículas coloidales por presencia de una sustancia química, es un fenómeno extraordinariamente importante en los procesos exógenos.

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