Question

What is the water/oil (w/o)type emulsions? give an example of each type?

Answer 1

An emulsion is a temporarily stable mixture of immiscible fluids, such as oil and water, achieved by finely dividing one phase into very smalldroplets. Common emulsions can be oil suspended in water or aqueousphase (o/w) or water suspended in oil (w/o).

Answer 2

Answer:

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Explanation:

Emulsions: It is a colloidal system in which both the dispersed phase and the dispersion medium are liquids, e.g., milk consists of small drop’s of liquid fat dispersed in water.

Types of emulsions:

(a) Oil-in-water type in which small droplets of an oil are dispersed in water, e.g., milk, cod-liver oil, etc.

(b) Water-in-oil type in which water droplets are dispersed in an oil medium, e.g., butter.