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micelle
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micelle [mi-sel´]
a supermolecular colloid particle, most often a packet of chain molecules in parallel arrangement.

micelle (mīsel´),
n a space formed by the brush structure of fibrils in colloidal gels. The spaces are occupied by water in hydrocolloid impressions.

micelle
a supermolecular colloid particle, most often a packet of chain molecules in parallel arrangement. A stage in the luminal phase of fat digestion; bile salts form spheres containing fatty acids, monoglycerides and the fat-soluble vitamins.

critical micelle concentration
the concentration of bile salts in solutions at which they aggregate into poymolecular aggregates called micelles.


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The emulsion sample was diluted with an aqueous solution in which saturated styrene and surfactant with critical micelle concentration were present to avoid monomer or surfactant in the sample diffusing from droplets to aqueous phase.
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14) At concentrations significantly higher than the critical micelle concentration, there is a possibility that amphipathic arborols would form gels by hydrophobic association and, if they did, the gels might be expected to have a more uniform pore size than conventional polymer gels.
 
 
 
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