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Definition of Peptisation
1. Noun. The process of converting to a sol; bringing to a colloidal solution.
Generic synonyms: Chemical Action, Chemical Change, Chemical Process
Derivative terms: Peptise, Peptize
Lexicographical Neighbors of Peptisation
Literary usage of Peptisation
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Chemistry of Colloids by Richard Zsigmondy, Ellwood Barker Spear, John Foote Norton (1917)
"The addition of alkali causes the peptisation as a result of the negative charge
in precisely the same manner as in the case of stannic acid. ..."
2. A System of Physical Chemistry by William Cudmore McCullagh Lewis, James Rice (1921)
"An interesting case of peptisation from the standpoint of analytical chemistry
is met with in the action of excess caustic potash upon the hydroxides of ..."
3. Report on Colloid Chemistry and Its General and Industrial Applications by Great Britain (1919)
"Any method which will form small particles and will; keep them from coalescing
will give rise to colloidal solutions. Tentative theories of peptisation have ..."
4. Colloids in Biology and Medicine by Heinrich Bechhold (1919)
"This phenomenon is called peptisation. GRAHAM first observed this ... As a matter
of fact, peptisation probably depends upon a renewal of electric charge by ..."