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lyophobic /lyo·pho·bic/ (li″ah-fo´bik) not having an affinity for, or unstable in, solution.
ly·o·pho·bic (l-fbk)
adj.
Characterized by a lack of attraction between the colloid medium and the dispersion medium of a colloidal system.
lyophobic [li″o-fo´bik]
not having an affinity for, or unstable in, solution.
lyophobic
not having an affinity for, or unstable in, solution.
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The additional amount of vinyl pyrrolidinone in VP30 seems to develop a lyophobic self-assembly and association of the polymer molecules.
Effect of composition on the solution rheology of stearyl ... by Torres, Edgar; Dutta, Naba; Choudhury, Namita Roy; Matisons, Janis / Polymer Engineering and Science
Theory of the Stability of Lyophobic Colloids, Elsevier, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, 1949.
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