The behavior and properties of gelatin systems have been the subject of a good deal of study by colloid investigators because they serve as a prototype of gel-like bodies occurring in living organisms. Further studies into the mechanism and necessary conditions for gel formation, the structure and characteristic properties of gels, and the changes in state which gels undergo should throw much light onto related biological problems.
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