In this episode, I discuss a special group of materials called hydrogels. For something that is hardly ever mentioned publically, it has a surprising amount of uses in the world...
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Sources
1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogel
2. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrophile
3. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyacrylamide
4. https://waterbeads.net/msd-sheet/
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LncMVXrA-iw (every day uses of these beads
6. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NBkXDxcO-Pg (Good reference)
7. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE1xk1rlrGg (nice reference)
8. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogel
9. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colloid
10. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gel
11. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superabsorbent_polymer
12. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-healing_hydrogels
13. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hydrogel_agriculture
14. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gelatin
15. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collagen
16. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitreous_body