History of Colloid

	Revision 2 . . March 27, 2001 6:26 pm by Tobias Hoevekamp
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Colloids, or colloidal dispersions, are things sort of intermediate between true solutions and mixtures: things where microscopic globs of one substance, said to be in the dispersed phase (solute phase), are distributed throughout another, said to be in the dispersing phase (continuous phase, solvent phase).

Colloids, or colloidal dispersions, are things sort of intermediate between true solutions and mixtures, or suspensions: things where microscopic globs of one substance, said to be in the dispersed phase (solute phase), are distributed throughout another, said to be in the dispersing phase (continuous phase, solvent phase).