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continuous phase [1 record]

Record 1 2012-01-03

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
  • Petrochemistry
DEF

The medium in which a substance is dispersed in a colloidal solution or suspension.

CONT

... in a suspension of small carbon particles in air, the carbon is the disperse phase and the air is the continuous phase.

CONT

In a water-in-oil emulsion, the oil is the continuous phase and the water is the discontinuous phase.

CONT

In an oil-water emulsion, the oil is the dispersed phase and the water is the dispersion medium.

OBS

As opposed to "discontinuous phase," "internal phase," or dispersed phase."

OBS

continuous phase: term standardized by ISO.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
  • Chimie du pétrole
DEF

Milieu de dispersion au sein d'un colloïde.

CONT

[...] le lait est une émulsion dont la phase interne est constituée par une matière grasse dispersée dans une solution complexe qui forme la phase externe.

OBS

phase continue : terme normalisé par l'ISO.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
  • Petroquímica
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