Nov
15

Colloids

Filed Under (Work of the week, year 11) by griggans on 15-11-2007



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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