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Definition of Hydrogel
1. Noun. A colloidal gel in which water is the dispersion medium.
Definition of Hydrogel
1. Noun. A colloid gel in which water is the continuous phase; they have a number of medical and industrial applications ¹
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Definition of Hydrogel
1. a colloid [n -S] - See also: colloid
Medical Definition of Hydrogel
1. A colloid in which the particles are in the external or dispersion phase and water in the internal or dispersed phase. Compare: hydrosol. (05 Mar 2000)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hydrogel
Literary usage of Hydrogel
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Principles of Chemistry by Dmitry Ivanovich Mendeleyev (1891)
"evaporated or further boiled, then the acetic acid passes off and the hydrogel
of alumina remains. The hydrosol of alumina—ie the soluble aluminium ..."
2. A Dictionary of Chemistry and the Allied Branches of Other Sciences by Henry Watts (1869)
"The coagulation of the hydrosol of silicic acid is promoted by small quantities
01 salts, and, on the other hand, the hydrogel is reconverted into the ..."
3. The Chemical News and Journal of Industrial Science (1864)
"It is always somewhat ess in bulk than the primary hydrogel, but not more, to he
eye, than one-fifth or one-sixth part of the original volume. ..."
4. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London by Royal Society (Great Britain) (1900)
"really more than n + 2 independent variables, so that the hydrogel is not a ...
The hydrogel is a system of three phases and, therefore, on this view, ..."
5. The Chemistry and Physics of Dyeing: Being an Account of the Relations by William Porter Dreaper (1906)
"The hydrogel of silica will remove potash from potassium carbonate, ... On shaking
up the same hydrogel with calcium carbonate and potassium chloride, ..."