06700 IUPAC Gold Book - xerogel 10.1351/goldbook.X06700 X06700 current 1 Open network formed by the removal of all swelling agents from a gel. Examples of xerogels include silica gel and dried out, compact, macromolecular structures, such as gelatin or rubber. The definition proposed here is recommended as being more explicit. gel https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/G02600 macromolecular https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/M03667 network https://goldbook.iupac.org//terms/view/NT07562 PAC, 2007, 79, 1801. 'Definitions of terms relating to the structure and processing of sols, gels, networks, and inorganic-organic hybrid materials (IUPAC Recommendations 2007)' on page 1808 (https://doi.org/10.1351/pac200779101801) https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/X06700/html https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/X06700/json https://goldbook.iupac.org/terms/view/X06700/plain Citation: 'xerogel' in IUPAC Compendium of Chemical Terminology, 5th ed. International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry; 2025. Online version 5.0.0, 2025. 10.1351/goldbook.X06700 The IUPAC Gold Book is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike CC BY-SA 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) for individual terms. If you are interested in licensing the Gold Book for commercial use, please contact the IUPAC Executive Director at executivedirector@iupac.org . The International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC) is continuously reviewing and, where needed, updating terms in the Compendium of Chemical Terminology (the IUPAC Gold Book). Users of these terms are encouraged to include the version of a term with its use and to check regularly for updates to term definitions that you are using. 2026-08-04T09:39:41+00:00