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A '''colloid''' consists of small particles of one substance suspended in another. | A '''colloid''' consists of small particles of one substance suspended in another, first described by Thomas Graham in the | ||
late nineteenth century, for example see Ref. 1. | |||
==Interesting reading== | |||
*[http://physicsworldarchive.iop.org/full/pwa-pdf/9/4/phwv9i4a23.pdf Wilson Poon, Peter Pusey and Henk Lekkerkerker "Colloids in suspense", Physics World '''April''' pp. 27-34 (1996)] | |||
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/439545a Alfons van Blaaderen "Colloids get complex", Nature '''439''' pp. 545-546 (2006)] | |||
==References== | ==References== | ||
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/JS8641700318 Thomas Graham F.R.S. "On the properties of silicic acid and other analogous colloidal substances", Journal of the Chemical Society '''17''' pp. 318 - 327 (1864)] | #[http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/JS8641700318 Thomas Graham F.R.S. "On the properties of silicic acid and other analogous colloidal substances", Journal of the Chemical Society '''17''' pp. 318 - 327 (1864)] | ||
[[category:Complex systems]] | [[category:Complex systems]] | ||
[[category: mixtures]] | [[category: mixtures]] | ||
Revision as of 12:27, 12 September 2007
A colloid consists of small particles of one substance suspended in another, first described by Thomas Graham in the late nineteenth century, for example see Ref. 1.
Interesting reading
- Wilson Poon, Peter Pusey and Henk Lekkerkerker "Colloids in suspense", Physics World April pp. 27-34 (1996)
- Alfons van Blaaderen "Colloids get complex", Nature 439 pp. 545-546 (2006)