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Colloid

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Translation colloid into russian

colloid
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The scientist studied the properties of the colloid.
Учёный изучал свойства коллоида.

Definitions

colloid
Noun
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A homogeneous, non-crystalline substance consisting of large molecules or ultramicroscopic particles of one substance dispersed through a second substance. Colloids include gels, sols, and emulsions; the particles do not settle and cannot be separated out by ordinary filtering or centrifuging like those in a suspension.
Milk is an example of a colloid, where fat globules are dispersed in water.
A mixture in which one substance of microscopically dispersed insoluble particles is suspended throughout another substance.
The scientist studied the properties of the colloid to understand how the particles remained suspended.

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