Gel facts for kids
A gel is a semi-solid substance material which usually wobbles.
By weight, gels are mostly liquid. But gels also behave like solids. They have a three-dimensional cross-linked network within the liquid. It is the crosslinks in the fluid that give a gel its structure.
As colloids, gels are a dispersion of molecules of a liquid within a solid. In a gel, the solid is the continuous phase; the liquid is the discontinuous phase.
Examples: Jellies, agar, contact lenses, organic slime.
Images for kids
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Silica gel
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Hydrogel of a superabsorbent polymer
See also
In Spanish: Gel para niños
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