Surface Chemistry
7.0 Colloidal System
7.1 Different Colloidal Systems
7.2 Classification of Colloidal System
7.3 Preparation of Colloidal System
7.4 Purification of Colloidal System
7.5 Properties of colloidal system
7.0 Colloidal System
7.2 Classification of Colloidal System
7.3 Preparation of Colloidal System
7.4 Purification of Colloidal System
7.5 Properties of colloidal system
Finely divided particles of any substance with diameter lying within $1$ to $100$ $nm$ range dispersed in any medium constitute what we term a colloidal system solution.
- Colloidal solutions are intermediate between true solutions and suspensions.
- Colloidal system is a two-phase system.
- Dispersed phase is a discontinuous phase which is a cluster of particles within the colloidal range suspended in a dispersion medium (called continuous medium).
- The dispersed phase and dispersion medium may be solid, liquid and gas.