Greenbody

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A ceramic precursor, usually mesostructured with dopants, which has been formed but not yet milled or fired.

    "For metal dopants, the surfactant can be removed by calcining the greenbody, resulting in an anchored metal silicate."

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"For metal dopants, the surfactant can be removed by calcining the greenbody, resulting in an anchored metal silicate."

Etymology

From green (“undried, raw”) + body (“physical object”).

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