What Is Meant By Colloidal Suspension?
Actually, the term colloidal suspension isnt altogether accurate. Substances held in a colloidal state are in a medium (any substance that acts as a surrounding or enveloping base for another substance) that is actually somewhere between a suspension and a solution. However, for simplicities sake, we will use the term colloidal suspension when referring to any substance that is held in a colloidal state (e.g. ionic, plant-derived minerals within a colloidal solution). The term used to describe the condition in which materials are held in a stable, colloidal suspension is called the dispersed phase. In the dispersed phase they are distributed evenly and uniformly throughout whatever medium they are suspended in (e.g., water, gel, etc.). As stated above, colloids are so small that they cannot be seen with the naked eye. However, not all materials that are finely divided and mixed into a liquid medium are colloids. Silt or silt-like compounds (i.e., extremely fine earth or salts), are oft
