emulsification

[ ih-muhl-suh-fuh-key-shuhn ]

noun
  1. Physical Chemistry. the process of making two liquids into a colloidal suspension, in which particles of one liquid are dispersed throughout the other but not dissolved in it:The students conducted an experiment to produce hand cream from oil, water, and other ingredients, applying the theory of emulsification.

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How to use emulsification in a sentence

  • A soft gelatine is suitable for the process of emulsification; afterwards a hard quality is used to give body and resistance.

  • Natural cheese melted and modified by emulsification with a harmless agent and thus changed into a plastic mass.

    The Complete Book of Cheese | Robert Carlton Brown