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Grade 12Inorganic Chemistry

Explain Tyndall effect and Brownian movement.

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10 Years agoGrade 12
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ApprovedApproved Tutor Answer10 Years ago
"The phenomenon of scattering of light by colloidal particles in all directions and formation of bright glowing cones is known as Tyndal effect"
      The continuous rapid zig - zag movement by colloidal particles in the dispersion medium is known as Brownian movement.
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8 Years ago
The Tyndall effect, also known as Willis-Tyndallscattering, is light scattering by particles in a colloid or else particles in a very fine suspension. It is named after the 19th-century physicist John Tyndall.