Polymer emulsion

{
  "id": "MLC-T-CHM-009171",
  "term": "Polymer emulsion",
  "field": "Chemistry",
  "definition": "An emulsion whose droplets consist of a liquid polymer, or of a polymer in solution, dispersed in a low-molar-mass liquid or in a solution of another polymer. Strictly it differs from a polymer latex, whose particles are solid, although industry often applies the same name to aqueous dispersions of solid polymer particles made by emulsion polymerization.",
  "subject": "Polymer",
  "see_also": [
    "dispersed phase"
  ],
  "references": [
    "PAC, 2011, 83, 2229. 'Terminology of polymers and polymerization processes in dispersed systems (IUPAC Recommendations 2011)' on page 2238 (https://doi.org/10.1351/PAC-REC-10-06-03)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/chemistry/polymer-emulsion/"
}