You would need to know the size of it's largest particle. I had this same question for my science class yesterday. Sad for me because I had to answer it. Good for me because I knew the answer. Good luck!
BEFORE it is cooked, the egg white made for a pavlova is BOTH a solution (sugar is dissolved in it) and a colloid.
Yes. All colloids are suspensions but not all suspensions are colloids. A colloidal suspension consists of particles small enough that they will not settle out of the material in which they are suspended. Oil can be emulsified with a surfactant e.g., detergent to form an emulsion, a type of colloidal suspension. An example of this form of oil/water mixture is mayonnaise. Homogenization of the butterfat (oil) in milk prevents the butterfat from layering out as you would see in un-homogenized (straight from the cow) milk. Compare those two systems (mayonnaise and milk) to Italian dressing. No matter how hard or long you shake the bottle, in a short time the oil rises to the top. For a time, the oil was suspended but the droplet size never approached the size needed to form a colloid. See what happens if you put a drop of dishwashing detergent in the bottle of dressing before you shake it...but, don't put it on your salad.
Not necessarily. It depends on the antibiotic and it distribution medium. If it requires shaking before use and is not transparent to light, it is a suspension and not a solution. An example would be Ampicillin (penicillin). An antibiotics that comes as a clear (maybe colored) liquids and does not require shaking before use probably is a solution.
Milk is a colloid because it is a mixture of fat globules dispersed in water. These fat globules do not dissolve in water and remain suspended throughout the liquid, giving milk its opaque appearance.
solution is transparent whereas suspension is not transparent. particles in solution are of size less than 100nm.but particles of suspension are of size more than 1000nm.solution is homogeneous mixture whereas suspension is heterogeneous mixture. solution doesn't exhibit Tyndall effect or brownian movement.but suspension exhibits it....
the size of its largest particle
BEFORE it is cooked, the egg white made for a pavlova is BOTH a solution (sugar is dissolved in it) and a colloid.
solution
No, a syrup is a homogeneous solution. It is called a syrup as opposed to a solution if it contains sugar.
Well, it depends on what it is. Is it a prescription medication? If it is something like amoxicillin (Amoxil), azithromycin (Zithromax), cefdinir (Omnicef), etc. then yes. Those are suspensions so you always want to shake those well before each use. There is no need to shake a gel because it doesn't settle. Generally, colloids shouldn't need to be shaken. Milk is an example of a colloid. Solutions can be shaken every once in a while but it won't hurt if you don't shake them. -Syrich Nationally Certified Pharmacy Technician
It is a colloid
Yes. All colloids are suspensions but not all suspensions are colloids. A colloidal suspension consists of particles small enough that they will not settle out of the material in which they are suspended. Oil can be emulsified with a surfactant e.g., detergent to form an emulsion, a type of colloidal suspension. An example of this form of oil/water mixture is mayonnaise. Homogenization of the butterfat (oil) in milk prevents the butterfat from layering out as you would see in un-homogenized (straight from the cow) milk. Compare those two systems (mayonnaise and milk) to Italian dressing. No matter how hard or long you shake the bottle, in a short time the oil rises to the top. For a time, the oil was suspended but the droplet size never approached the size needed to form a colloid. See what happens if you put a drop of dishwashing detergent in the bottle of dressing before you shake it...but, don't put it on your salad.
both....the juice is a colloid in the water and the pulp is in suspension in the orange juice.
The thyroid gland contains hormones in a colloid. Thyroxine and triiodothyronine are stored in the colloid in the thyroid follicles before being released into the bloodstream.
Not necessarily. It depends on the antibiotic and it distribution medium. If it requires shaking before use and is not transparent to light, it is a suspension and not a solution. An example would be Ampicillin (penicillin). An antibiotics that comes as a clear (maybe colored) liquids and does not require shaking before use probably is a solution.
Milk is a colloid because it is a mixture of fat globules dispersed in water. These fat globules do not dissolve in water and remain suspended throughout the liquid, giving milk its opaque appearance.
solution is transparent whereas suspension is not transparent. particles in solution are of size less than 100nm.but particles of suspension are of size more than 1000nm.solution is homogeneous mixture whereas suspension is heterogeneous mixture. solution doesn't exhibit Tyndall effect or brownian movement.but suspension exhibits it....