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We looked at short wavelength radiation, including ultra violet light. In the box were placed a secret message, a piece of paper, a credit card, a driving licence and a blob of suncream.
A colloid is a mixture in which one substance(such as salad oil), is mixed as fine drops or bubbles in another substance (such as water). A liquid/liquid colloid such as oil in water, is called emulsion.
A gel is a liquid in a solid
An aerosol is a liquid or solid in a gas
A foam is a gas in a liquid.
You need to remember which is the continuous and which is the disperse phase. The disperse phase is spread throughout the continuous phase. So in a foam, the disperse phase is the gas and the continuous phase is the liquid.
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