Holding polymers

Emulsifier Component of dispersions with the special property to hold polymer particles in the aqueous phase in suspension, thus preventing their sedimentation. 

Obviously, on such large length scales where Eq. (48) holds, polymers look like small molecules, and this is the physical content of the simple (V)2 free energy functional, Eq. (47), that is indeed very reminiscent of a much broader class of materials. Only the particular -dependence of the coefficient of this... 

The primary covalent bonds that hold polymer molecules together are generally quite stable, permitting their wide use in plastics, rubber, fiber, coatings, and adhesives. They are not perfectly stable, however (Table 5.1). To a slight extent, they are in equilibrium with radical and ionic states,... 

Hoshizaki S, Nakabata H. Application of water-holding polymers as a skin moisturizer. 12th... 

S. Holding, Polymer Testing 97, Conference Proceedings, Paper 8 9T, Rapra Technology Ltd., London, 1997. 

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