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Physical Chemistry

stability of colloids?

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Profile image of Gaurav
11 Years ago
Hi student
As we know that colloidal solutions are stable and thus the colloidal particles do not sattle down under the influence of gravity.
This is mainly due to a property of caloid which is known as brownian movment.
The particles of colloid are under continous randum motion. Because of this motion a counter force is generated for for the gravity and it prevents them from settling