cationic
- adjective
- /ˌkeɪˈʌnɪk/
- Specialized
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catiónico
- The average concentrations of anionic surfactants, as MBAS, and cationic surfactants, as DBAS, recorded at the LM and LK stations are shown in Table 2.
- cationic protein
Examples
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In the production of personal care products, cationic surfactants help to improve texture and stability due to their positive charge.
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Cationic polymers are an advantageous option for cartilage non-viral gene therapy (Table 4).
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Block 1 reported that the incidence of milk fever was reduced from 47.4% in cows fed a cationic diet to 0% when cows received an anionic diet during the dry period.
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A polymer feed pump continuously injects a cationic, polymerized aluminum sulfate into both first and second state filter tanks.
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The common synthetic cationic polymer PEI has a high buffering capacity between physiological and endosomal pH, which leads to endosomal escape 37.
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PVW = preschool viral-wheeze. ECP = eosinophil cationic protein. EPX = eosinophil protein X.
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Polymer dosing research found that cationic polymers used for conditioning in centrifuges break down and produce aminated odors after liming.
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Zero crosslinker EDC and cationic polymer PEI (branched type, 25000 Da) were imported from Sigma-Aldrich, Singapore.
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Derivatives of natural cationic polymers are frequently in use in TE research, e.g., N,N,N-trimethyl chitosan chloride (TMC).
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Exactomer resins use vinyl ethers and cationic photoinitiators to trigger resin polymerization when struck by a UV laser beam.
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Antonyms
Compounds
- Specialized
A manmade cleaner with positively charged particles used to kill germs or soften clothes
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Cationic comes from Greek parts cata- meaning 'down' and ion meaning 'going', because early scientists saw positive ions 'go down' toward the negative side in experiments. So cationic describes something that has or relates to positive, or positively charged, 'ions'.