gel aging

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Time-dependent changes in the chemical or the physical structure and the properties of a @[email protected]
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The aging of a @[email protected] can involve @[email protected], @[email protected], aggregation, @[email protected], phase changes, formation of branch points and junction points as well as scission and chemical changes to constitutional units of @[email protected] chains.
Source:
PAC, 2007, 79, 1801. (Definitions of terms relating to the structure and processing of sols, gels, networks, and inorganic-organic hybrid materials (IUPAC Recommendations 2007)) on page 1823 [Terms] [Paper]
Cite as: IUPAC. Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 2nd ed. (the "Gold Book"). Compiled by A. D. McNaught and A. Wilkinson. Blackwell Scientific Publications, Oxford (1997). Online version (2019-) created by S. J. Chalk. ISBN 0-9678550-9-8. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.
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