lyophobeadj.
/ˈlʌɪəfəʊb/ Physical Chemistry.
= lyophobic adj.
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1915 W. W. Taylor Chem. Colloids i. 7 The term lyophile has been applied to those systems in which there is a marked affinity between the phases and lyophobe to the others.
1927 H. S. van Klooster tr. Kruyt Colloids i. 10 The suspensoids, or lyophobe colloids..are systems in which most of their physical properties differ only slightly from their dispersion media.
1941 R. J. Hartman Colloid Chem. xviii. 358 The terms lyophobe (‘hatred’ toward external phase) and lyophile (‘love’ toward external phase) were suggested by Freundlich.
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