polyelectrolyte

English

Etymology

From poly- +‎ electro- +‎ -lyte.

Noun

polyelectrolyte (plural polyelectrolytes)

1. A polymeric electrolyte (such as a protein).
   • (Can we date this quote?), “Gauss's law”, in web.chem.ox.ac.uk‎^[1]:

     This is rather a physicsy example, but it is of some importance in chemical systems, for example a charged polyelectrolyte (polymer) is modelled like this.

Derived terms

• biopolyelectrolyte

See also

• polyampholyte
• polysalt