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Coacervation

Nature volume 129, page 654 (1932)Cite this article

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IN a preliminary communication Kruyt and Bungenberg de Jong1 proposed the name coacervation for the phenomenon of separation into two liquid layers in systems containing one or more compounds in the colloidal state.

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  1. Proc. Royal Academy of Amsterdam., 32, 849; 1929.

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  1. Biochemical Laboratory of the State University, Leyden

    R. S. TJADEN MODDERMAN & L. W. J. HOLLEMAN

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MODDERMAN, R., HOLLEMAN, L. Coacervation. Nature 129, 654 (1932). https://doi.org/10.1038/129654a0

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