What is a colloid?
Q: What is a colloid?
A: A colloid is a mixture of one substance spread out evenly inside another substance.
Q: How many phases or states of matter can colloids be in?
A: Colloids can be in two different phases or states of matter.
Q: What is the dispersion medium in a colloid?
A: The dispersion medium in a colloid is one substance, such as water or gas.
Q: What is the dispersed medium in a colloid?
A: The dispersed medium in a colloid is usually tiny solid particles. Otherwise, if the dispersion medium is a gas, then the internal phase can be either tiny particles or tiny droplets of a liquid.
Q: What is the definition of a colloid?
A: The definition of a colloid is a substance microscopically dispersed evenly throughout another substance.
Q: What is the diameter range of dispersed-phase particles in a colloid?
A: The diameter range of dispersed-phase particles in a colloid is between about 5 and 200 nanometers.
Q: Can you give an example of a colloid?
A: Examples of colloids include milk, fog, and paint.
