What is difference between colloidal solution and solution
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Difference between a colloidal solution and true solution are as follows:
1. The substance which is going to mix (solute) is called Dispersing phase, and the substance in which it is going to mix(solvent) is called the dispersing medium. In a true solution the substance which is going to be mixed is solute, same as dispersing phase but name is different, and in which it is going to mix is solvent, same as dispersing medium but name is different.
2. Colloidal solution is translucent and can scatter the light but a true solution does not scatter the light, it is transparent.
3. The solute from a colloidal solution does not separate out when left undisturbed but they can be separated by a special machine called centrifuge due to centrifugal force the solute separates out from the solvent, but a true solution cannot be separated by any method except evaporation.
4. The particles in a true solution are very very small so, we cannot see it even through a very powerful optical microscope , their size vary from 0.0000001 to 0.00000001 mm. But the size of particles in a colloidal solution are not very small so they can be seen through a powerful optical microscope but still we cannot see them by our naked eyes and they have a size of 0.00001-0.000001 mm.
5. Examples of colloidal solution are such as- soap mixture in water, blood, mud water, ink solution in water, etc.
6. Examples of true solution are such as-
Sugar solution in water, salt solution in water, pure water with minerals, various acid and base solution made in water, etc.
1. The substance which is going to mix (solute) is called Dispersing phase, and the substance in which it is going to mix(solvent) is called the dispersing medium. In a true solution the substance which is going to be mixed is solute, same as dispersing phase but name is different, and in which it is going to mix is solvent, same as dispersing medium but name is different.
2. Colloidal solution is translucent and can scatter the light but a true solution does not scatter the light, it is transparent.
3. The solute from a colloidal solution does not separate out when left undisturbed but they can be separated by a special machine called centrifuge due to centrifugal force the solute separates out from the solvent, but a true solution cannot be separated by any method except evaporation.
4. The particles in a true solution are very very small so, we cannot see it even through a very powerful optical microscope , their size vary from 0.0000001 to 0.00000001 mm. But the size of particles in a colloidal solution are not very small so they can be seen through a powerful optical microscope but still we cannot see them by our naked eyes and they have a size of 0.00001-0.000001 mm.
5. Examples of colloidal solution are such as- soap mixture in water, blood, mud water, ink solution in water, etc.
6. Examples of true solution are such as-
Sugar solution in water, salt solution in water, pure water with minerals, various acid and base solution made in water, etc.
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