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sol-gel

sol-gel noun: a solid material produced by conversion of monomers into a colloidal solution (sol) that acts as the precursor for an integrated network (or gel) of either discrete particles or network polymers.

Noun

sol-gel (plural sol-gels)

  1. A solid material produced by conversion of monomers into a colloidal solution (sol) that acts as the precursor for an integrated network (or gel) of either discrete particles or network polymers.

Forms of sol-gel

pluralsol-gels
alternative formsolgel

Questions about sol-gel

What does sol-gel mean?
Sol-gel means a solid material produced by conversion of monomers into a colloidal solution (sol) that acts as the precursor for an integrated network (or gel) of either discrete particles or network polymers.
What part of speech is sol-gel?
Sol-gel is a noun.
What is the plural of sol-gel?
The plural of sol-gel is sol-gels.

Words near sol-gel in the dictionary

  1. sol-faing
  2. sol-faism
  3. sol-faist
  4. sol-faists
  5. sol-fas
  6. sol-gel
  7. sol-gels
  8. sol-lunar
  9. Sol.
  10. Sol. Song
  11. sola

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