degelation

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de- +‎ gelation

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degelation (uncountable)

  1. 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.

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