Is oil and vinegar salad dressing a colloid mechanical mixture a suspension or a solution?

Answer 1

Salad dressing contains some kind of oil mixed with vinegar, and these two substances are immiscible; they do not dissolve in each other, although if you mix them together you can get a suspension (which is temporary).

Answer 2

Yes it is a suspension, if you leave it for an hour or two the 'suspended' ingreadients will settle out.

Answer 3

Yes. It's called and emulsion. They can be forced together by whisking, but will separate, or mixed through the use of an emulsifier, in vinaigrettes, most commonly a mustard like dijon.

Answer 4

it is an suspension

Answer 5

yes they are.

Answer 6

Yes