Question

what is colloids... in a simple language..

Answer 1

Colloids is a substance microscopally dispersed evenly throughout another substance. The dispersed - phase particles have a diameter between them of about 5 and 200 nanometers

Answer 2

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» A heterogeneous mixture in which solute particles can not be separated by observation through our naked eye are called Colloids or colloidal solutions.

» Colloids in which both dispersed phase and dispersed medium are liquids are called emulsions.
Eg : Milk,face cream,etc

» Dispersed phase is the substance that is present in small proportion and consists of particles of colloidal size. (1 nm to 100 nm)

» Dispersed medium is the medium in which the colloidal particles are dispersed.

» The scattering of beam of light by colloidal particles us called Tyndall effect.

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