| Abstract from DBPedia | An emulsion is a mixture of two or more liquids that are normally immiscible (unmixable or unblendable) owing to liquid-liquid phase separation. Emulsions are part of a more general class of two-phase systems of matter called colloids. Although the terms colloid and emulsion are sometimes used interchangeably, emulsion should be used when both phases, dispersed and continuous, are liquids. In an emulsion, one liquid (the dispersed phase) is dispersed in the other (the continuous phase). Examples of emulsions include vinaigrettes, homogenized milk, liquid biomolecular condensates, and some cutting fluids for metal working. Two liquids can form different types of emulsions. As an example, oil and water can form, first, an oil-in-water emulsion, in which the oil is the dispersed phase, and water is the continuous phase. Second, they can form a water-in-oil emulsion, in which water is the dispersed phase and oil is the continuous phase. Multiple emulsions are also possible, including a "water-in-oil-in-water" emulsion and an "oil-in-water-in-oil" emulsion. Emulsions, being liquids, do not exhibit a static internal structure. The droplets dispersed in the continuous phase (sometimes referred to as the "dispersion medium") are usually assumed to be statistically distributed to produce roughly spherical droplets. The term "emulsion" is also used to refer to the photo-sensitive side of photographic film. Such a photographic emulsion consists of silver halide colloidal particles dispersed in a gelatin matrix. Nuclear emulsions are similar to photographic emulsions, except that they are used in particle physics to detect high-energy elementary particles.エマルションまたはエマルジョン（英: emulsion [ɪ'mʌlʃən]）とは、分散質・分散媒が共に液体である分散系溶液のこと。乳濁液（にゅうだくえき）あるいは乳剤（にゅうざい）ともいう。身近な例としてはマヨネーズ・木工用接着剤・アクリル絵具・アスファルト舗装のシール剤が挙げられる。 分離している2つの液体をエマルションにすることを乳化（にゅうか）といい、乳化する作用をもつ物質を乳化剤（にゅうかざい）という。 化粧品の乳液を指すこともある。農薬ではエマルションと乳剤を区別し、有効成分を有機溶剤および界面活性剤に溶解した溶液（水と混合してエマルションにしてから使用する）を乳剤 (emulsion concentrate: EC) と呼ぶ。 (Source: http://dbpedia.org/resource/Emulsion) |
