Definition of peptization - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

colloid science

TECH.

making, then keeping stable, a fine dispersion in a liquid

TECH.

Peptization made the powder form a stable, milky mixture in water.
They monitored peptization to keep the ink from clumping.
Proper peptization was essential for producing a uniform catalyst slurry.

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Origin of peptization

Greek, peptos (digested) + -ization (process)

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French:peptisation, ...
German:Peptisation, ...
Italian:peptizzazione, ...
Spanish:peptización, ...
Portuguese:peptização, ...
Chinese:胶溶作用, ...
Japanese:ペプタイゼーション, ...
Arabic:عَمَلِيَّة تَحْويل مَادَّة صُلْبَة الى مُعَلَّق دَقيق مُسْتَقِرّ في سائِل, ...
Hebrew:פֶפְּטִיזַצְיָה, ...
Russian:пептизация, ...
Ukrainian:пептизація, ...
Hindi:पेपटाइज़ेशन, ...
Bengali:পেপটাইজেশন, ...
Catalan:peptització, ...
Czech:peptizace, ...
Danish:peptisering, ...
Dutch:peptisatie, ...
Greek:πεπτιοποίηση, ...
Hungarian:peptizáció, ...
Khmer:ដំណើរការធ្វើឱ្យភាគល្អិតរឹងបែកខ្ចាត់ខ្ចាយយ៉ាងល្អក្នុងរាវ ហើយរក្សាឱ្យមានស្ថិរភាព, ...
Korean:펩타이제이션, ...
Persian:پپتیزاسیون, ...
Polish:peptyzacja, ...
Portuguese (BR):peptização, ...
Romanian:peptizare, ...
Swedish:peptisering, ...
Thai:เพปไทเซชัน, ...
Turkish:peptizasyon, ...
Vietnamese:peptit hóa, ...

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