emulsion
IPA: ɪmˈʌɫʃʌn
noun
- A stable suspension of small droplets of one liquid in another with which it is immiscible.
- (chemistry) A colloid in which both phases are liquid.
- (photography) The coating of photosensitive silver halide grains in a thin gelatine layer on a photographic film.
verb
- (transitive) To paint with emulsion paint.
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Examples of "emulsion" in Sentences
- The result is an emulsion of silver bromide.
- An emulsion breaker is incorporated into the emulsion.
- Such a dispersion of one liquid in another is called an emulsion.
- The acid chloride is employed in the form of an emulsion in water.
- In the emulsion, the emulsifier employed is an alkoxylated asphalt.
- Milk and cream were forbears for modern day emulsion type defoamers.
- The ends of the latter terminate contiguous to the emulsion of a microfiche.
- The emulsion is either not chemically sensitized or only slightly sensitized.
- The stripped emulsion or dispersion are collected at the bottom of the column.
- Creaming of an emulsion also increases the tendency of an emulsion to inversion.
- From this two-fold point of view such a stable emulsion is comparable to a solution.
- These types of fire resistant hydraulic fluids are often referred to as invert emulsions.
- If such an emulsion is rotated quickly, the heavier particles will move farther to the perifery than the lighter ones.
- Such a mixture of two incompatible liquids, with droplets of one liquid dispersed in a continuous phase of the other, is called an emulsion.
- We know that when a slurry, an emulsion, is put into a rapidly rotating motion, its heavier constituents are thrown outwards in the direction of the periphery of the motion.
- This emulsion is stable if the particles in suspension do not stick together when the hazards of the Brownian movement bring them into contact, and if they re-enter the liquid when these hazards bring them against the walls or to the surface.
- In one method (the horizontal microscope) the rarefaction of the emulsion is obtained immediately from the height, and the resemblance to a miniature atmosphere is extremely striking, precise measurements being possible from instantaneous photographs.
- On the other hand, the steady state in a vertical column of emulsion is produced and maintained by the interplay of two opposing actions, gravity and the Brownian movement; this can be expressed by writing that at each level the flow through diffusion towards the poor regions is equal to that which gravity produces towards the rich regions.
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