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hydrophilic

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hydrophilic /hy·dro·phil·ic/ (-fil´ik) readily absorbing moisture; hygroscopic; having strongly polar groups that readily interact with water.
hy·dro·phil·ic (hdr-flk)
adj.
Having an affinity for water; readily absorbing or dissolving in water.
hydrophilic
[-fil′ik]
Etymology: Gk, hydor + philein, to love
pertaining to the property of attracting or associating preferentially with water molecules, a quality possessed by polar radicals or ions. Compare hydrophobic.
hydrophilic [hi″dro-fil´ik]
readily absorbing moisture; hygroscopic; having strongly polar groups that readily interact with water.
hydrophilic (hī´drōfil´ik),
adj having an affinity for water. Opposite of lipophilic. See also ointment, hydrophilic.
hydrophilic
readily absorbing moisture; hygroscopic; having strongly polar groups that readily interact with water.
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The formulation also contains an anti-soil redeposition component that prevents resoiling of hydrophilic fibers and hydrophobic fibers when coexisting with said inorganic salt, which is a water-soluble polymer substance of a nonionic system including at least one species selected from the group consisting of an acetyl group, methoxy group, hydroxypropyl group, and poly-oxy propylene group as the hydrophobic group, and including a hydroxyl group as the hydrophilic group.
Surfactant free detergent with anti-soil agent by Household & Personal Products Industry
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Darmstadt, Germany 2/29/08 -- Merck KGaA has acquired SeQuant AB, a developer of silican-gel and polmer-based sorbents for ZIC-HILIC (zwitterionic hydrophilic interaction chromatography).
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