Chapter 3, Problem 43FB

Summary Introduction

To review:

The blank in the statement “A semisolid viscoelastic substance that resists flow and stores mechanical energy is called a______.”

Introduction:

In a living organism, water can arrange itself in different manners. In most organisms, water is noncovalently associated with macromolecules. Water molecules can also form sol–gel transitions. Water-based materials, composed of a polymer and having colloidal moistur, ere called gels.