Like the Ballsitics gel they use in MythBusters...
2006-09-16 19:14:56 · 18 answers · asked by Sarifynna 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Other - Science
Neither! It's semi-solid.
2006-09-16 19:18:37 · answer #1 · answered by Inam 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A gel (from the lat. gelu—freezing, cold, ice or gelatus—frozen, immobile) is a colloidal system in which a porous network of interconnected nanoparticles spans the volume of a liquid medium. In general, gels are apparently solid, jelly-like materials. Both by weight and volume, gels are mostly liquid in composition and thus exhibit densities similar to liquids, however have the structural coherence of a solid. An example of a common gel is edible gelatin.
2006-09-16 23:23:21 · answer #2 · answered by Innocence Redefined 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is neither. The definition of a gel is a liquid suspended in a solid. The solid forms a continuous matrix that contains sepoarate regions of liquid. This is why gels have the properties of both solids and liquids.
Dispersion of one phase of matter in another is a colloid. All combinations of the common phases of matter form colloids that share some of the properties of each phase. A gel is liquid suspended in a solid. A slurry is solid suspended in liquid. A foam is gas suspended in either a solid or liquid. A smoke is solid suspended in liqiud and a fog is liquid suspended in a gas.
2006-09-16 19:31:52 · answer #3 · answered by Pretzels 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
gel is neither a solid nor a liquid
but it's a colloidal substance ---a solid which is dispersed in a liquid
2006-09-16 19:36:54 · answer #4 · answered by K R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gels are considered a liquid because they flow and conform to the shape of their container.
2006-09-16 19:18:29 · answer #5 · answered by zaffaris 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If we're thinking in terms of airport security, gel is a liquid.
2006-09-16 19:17:35 · answer #6 · answered by susie 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's neither liquid or solid!
2015-01-19 03:08:19 · answer #7 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Glass is considered liquid just frozen but eventually it will droop
So a gel is less frozen.
2006-09-16 19:30:58 · answer #8 · answered by Robert F 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
gels would be classified as amorphous solids which means they are solids but can flow and conform to the shape of its surroundings
examples: glass, gelatin
2006-09-16 19:18:16 · answer #9 · answered by ajm_jr_2005 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think gel is a colloid in which dispersed phase is liquid and dispersion medium is solid.
2006-09-16 22:33:45 · answer #10 · answered by amruta_pore 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋