degelation
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- Rhymes: -eɪʃən
Noun
[edit]degelation (uncountable)
- The conversion of a gel into a liquid.
- 2017, Pierre Gilormini, “Radiochemical “degelation” of polymethyl methacrylate networks”, in Polymer, volume 111, page 130:
- The networks were shown to undergo chain scission predominantly, which leads to their degelation, i.e., the recovery of a thermoplastic-like behavior with loss of all elastically active chains.