Fun Facts About Colloids

FUN FACTS ABOUT COLLOIDS Colloids are common materials with one material that is evenly distributed within another material at a very tiny scale. Some common examples of colloids include milk, fog, jelly, styrofoam, and whipped cream. Within colloids, a substance (“Substance A") is even distributed within another substance (“Substance B"). Depending on whether these are solid, liquid, or gas, the resulting colloidal materials are called: SUBSTANCE A GAS LIQUID SOLID NONE LIQUID AEROSOLS SOLID AEROSOLS All gases are mutually miscible, so they do not form any sort of colloid. Fog, hair sprays, clouds Smoke, air particulates LIQUID FOAM EMULSION SOL Whipped cream, shaving cream Milk, mayonnaise, hand lotion Pigmented ink, blood, paint SOLID FOAM GEL SOLID SOL Styrofoam, pumice Gelatin, jelly Cranberry glass Source: Wikipedia SUBSTANCE B ThankYouSilver.com SOLID LIQUID GAS