A substance that causes or promotes gelation, the process of forming a gel; an agent that converts a liquid into a gel-like solid.
From 'gel' (from Latin 'gelare') + '-ant' (suffix meaning agent or substance that performs an action). The term emerged in chemistry in the 20th century.
Gelants are invisible magicians—they turn liquids into solids by creating networks at the molecular level, and they're hiding in everything from your cosmetics to advanced materials scientists are engineering.
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