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Solution, Suspension and Colloid

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What is Colloid? Coronavirus floating in the air...This is COLLOID!

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What Is an Example of a Colloid in Biology? : Chemistry & Biology Concepts

In chemistry, a colloid is a mixture in which one substance of microscopically dispersed insoluble particles is suspended throughout another substance. Sometimes the dispersed substance alone is called the colloid; the term colloidal suspension refers unambiguously to the overall mixture. Unlike a solution, whose solute and solvent constitute only one phase, a colloid has a dispersed phase and a continuous phase. To qualify as a colloid, the mixture must be one that does not settle or would take a very long time to settle appreciably.