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Need a simple method to distinguish between a beaker containing a true solution and one containing a colloidal suspension?
Wiki User
∙ 13y ago
To do this you use the most simple of tests. (The name of the test escapes me at the moment... it might be Light Scattering.)
You simply shine a small light through the beaker, and if you have a colloidal suspension, the light should be visible through the colloid.
If you should have a solution, however, the light will not appear through the substance.
This is because the particles in the solution are far too small to scatter light, while the particles in the colloid are large enough to be able to scatter the light.
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∙ 13y ago
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How can you distinguish a colloidal from a solution?
A colloid is a form of suspension in a liquid or gas, the two phases are distinct.
Types of colloidal solution?
A colloidal solution or colloidal suspension is a solution in which a material is evenly suspended in a liquid. Its three sub-classifications include foams, emulsions and sols.
How can you distinguish a colloid?
A colloidal solution is not transparent, has some opalescence.
How can you distinguish a colloid form?
A colloidal solution is not transparent, has some opalescence.
What lies between a solution and a suspension?
You think probably to colloidal solutions.
What are the 3 mixtures?
1. suspension 2.colloidal 3.solution
Egg albumin in water is a colloid or a suspension or a solution?
colloidal soln
Why is there starch in water?
since it forms a colloidal suspension, not a proper solution.
Is sand and water a solution colloid or suspension?
No, because the sand particles do not dissolve and in time will settle at the bottom making it a suspension.
Not a mixture or a solution?
A colloidal suspension is neither a mixture nor a solution.
Are solution and colloid a suspension?
A solution may contain a suspension - a non-homogeneous solution. Also exist colloidal solutions.
What is the tyndall effect used to distinguish between?
The Tyndall Effect is primarily used to distinguish a colloid and a solution. This is done by observing how light scatters when it is put through the substance.
