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Grade 9Physical Chemistry

can you please explain me detail that
Is milk of magnesia a suspension or it is a colloidal solution?

Profile image of Sai
9 Years agoGrade 9
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Profile image of Biswajit dash
9 Years ago
Milk of magnesia is a suspension in water in a colloid there are small particles floating in the solution showing colloidal effect but in case of milk of magnesia or paint there is a suspension
Profile image of Umakant biswal
9 Years ago
@ sai 
milk of magnesia is called as magnesio hydroxide , , and anything which contains suspended particles in it , we define that as suspension , "
so, it is a suspension of mh (oh) 2 in water . 
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