Term: ringing gel
https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.RT07529

Definition:
Gel with energy dissipation in the acoustic frequency range.

Note: A ringing @G02600-2@ is often a @HT07519@ with a surfactant as a third component and has a composition within an @I03353@, one-phase region of its ternary phase diagram.

Related Terms:
1) gel (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.G02600-2).
2) hydrogel (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.HT07519).
3) isotropic (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.I03353).
4) gel (http://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.G02600-1).

Source: PAC, 2007, 79, 1801. 'Definitions of terms relating to the structure and processing of sols, gels, networks, and inorganic-organic hybrid materials (IUPAC Recommendations 2007)' on page 1808 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200779101801)

Citation: 'ringing gel' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. https://doi.org/10.1351/goldbook.RT07529

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