Not sure if have written this is right place, but does anybody know why stronger gels are more brittle? I have read this fact in many places but no explanation for it!!

Any help would be soo appreciated

What kind of gels?

ones composed of polymer microparticles coated in thermoresponsive polymers

I suppose it might be because their greater structural strength, due to their molecular structure would result in lesser elasticity, which would make them easier to break. Is that what you were asking? Can you perhaps specify further to the identity of the polymer in question as there is certainly more than one type of thermoconductive polymer. Secondly, are you refering to attributes purely related to the polymer's structure, or rather a particular polymer?

Edited April 19, 200916 yr by Theophrastus
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are gels liquids or solids?

 

i know this is off topic but i have wondered this for a while. are gels there own little group?