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greenbody

greenbody noun: a ceramic precursor, usually mesostructured with dopants, which has been formed but not yet milled or fired.

Noun

greenbody (plural greenbodies)

  1. A ceramic precursor, usually mesostructured with dopants, which has been formed but not yet milled or fired.
    • For metal dopants, the surfactant can be removed by calcining the greenbody, resulting in an anchored metal silicate.2004, James A. Schwarz, Cristian I. Contescu, Karol Putyera, Dekker Encyclopedia of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology, →ISBN, page 1127

Forms of greenbody

pluralgreenbodies

Origin of greenbody

From green (“undried, raw”) + body (“physical object”).

Questions about greenbody

What does greenbody mean?
Greenbody means a ceramic precursor, usually mesostructured with dopants, which has been formed but not yet milled or fired.
What part of speech is greenbody?
Greenbody is a noun.
What is the plural of greenbody?
The plural of greenbody is greenbodies.

Words near greenbody in the dictionary

  1. Greenblatt
  2. Greenblattian
  3. greenboard
  4. greenboards
  5. greenbodies
  6. greenbody
  7. greenbone
  8. greenbones
  9. greenbottle
  10. greenbottle flies
  11. greenbottle fly

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