verb
- to cause particles in a colloid to become dispersed or suspended in a liquid medium
Usage: chemistry; technical
Examples
- The chemist used sodium hydroxide to peptize the clay particles.
- Adding the peptizing agent helped disperse the colloidal suspension.
- The process will peptize the fine particles throughout the solution.
- Heat and stirring can help peptize certain materials.
- The researcher studied how different chemicals peptize various colloids.
- To peptize the mixture, they gradually added the dispersing agent.