Preferred Label : gel point;
IUPAC definition : Point of incipient network formation in a process forming a chemical or physical polymer
network.;
Scope note : the gel point is often detected using rheological methods. different methods can give
different gel points because viscosity is tending to infinity at the gel point and
a unique value cannot be measured directly.; at the gel point a solid (network) material spanning the entire system is formed.
gel fraction; in both network-forming polymerization and the crosslinking of polymer chains, the
gel point is expressed as an extent of chemical reaction (c.f., gel time).;
Origin ID : GT07535;
Automatic exact mappings (from CISMeF team)
- See also
Point of incipient network formation in a process forming a chemical or physical polymer
network.
