aerogel
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From aero- + gel. First attested in the early 1920s as a coinage credited to British-Irish chemist Frederick G. Donnan, originally in reference to coagulated aerosols.[1][2]
Noun[edit]
aerogel (countable and uncountable, plural aerogels)
- A porous, ultralight solid-state substance, similar to gel, in which the liquid component is replaced with gas.
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Translations[edit]
ultralight solid-state substance
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References[edit]
- ^ Whytlaw-Gray, R., Speakman, J. B., Campbell, J. H. P. (1923 February) “Smokes: Part I. A Study of their Behaviour and a Method of Determining the Number of Particles they Contain”, in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London, Series A, volume 102, number 718, →JSTOR, page 613
- ^ Gibbs, William E. (1924) Clouds and Smokes: The Properties of Disperse Systems in Gases and Their Practical Application, London: J. & A. Churchill, page 95
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
aerogel m (plural aerogéis)
- aerogel (an ultralight solid-state substance)
Spanish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
aerogel m (plural aerogeles)
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