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SMECTIC STATE [1 record]

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Record 1 2009-06-17

English

Subject field(s)
  • Chemistry
DEF

... state of matter in which anisometric molecules (or particles) are regularly arranged in [...] two directions, but randomly arranged in the remaining direction(s).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Chimie
DEF

[...] état de la matière dans lequel les molécules anisotropes (ou les particules) sont disposées d'une façon régulière dans [...] deux directions, mais d'une façon aléatoire dans les autres directions.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Química
CONT

Existen [...] líquidos mesomorfos (entre cristalinos y amorfos) en los cuales se puede producir una organización parcial de las moléculas. Unos se encuentran en estado esméctico, más próximos de los cristales que de los líquidos: sus moléculas más largas forman capas distintas y se orientan paralelamente en la misma dirección. [...] En el estado esméctico, las moléculas pueden ser comparadas a soldados alineados en filas y columnas [...]

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