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emulsification

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emulsification [ə‚məl·sə·fə′kā·shən]
(chemistry)
The process of dispersing one liquid in a second immiscible liquid; the largest group of emulsifying agents are soaps, detergents, and other compounds, whose basic structure is a paraffin chain terminating in a polar group.


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Applications include emulsification, aeration, dispersion, dissolution, and reactions.
To finish the glacage: Fold whipped cream and frog leg sauce into egg yolk emulsification.
Across all of PU foam applications, there is a great need for surfactancy for the vital properties of stabilization, nucleation and emulsification.
 
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