https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.GT07620
Time-dependent changes in the chemical or the physical structure and the properties of a gel.
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The aging of a gel can involve polymerization, crystallization, aggregation, syneresis, phase changes, formation of branch points and junction points as well as scission and chemical changes to constitutional units of network chains.
The aging of a gel can involve polymerization, crystallization, aggregation, syneresis, phase changes, formation of branch points and junction points as well as scission and chemical changes to constitutional units of network chains.