COLLOIDS AND EMULSIONS--got 1 question!! (1 Viewer)

[N1C0L3]

hi
whats the difference between a colloid and emulsion???
i get soooooooo confused with this crap.
thanks

 

[ryn101]

Im pretty sure an emulsion is a type of colloid where two LIQUIDS are mixed.

This is from wikipedia

"Emulsions are part of a more general class of two-phase systems of matter called colloids. Although the terms colloid and emulsion are sometimes used interchangeably, emulsion tends to imply that both the dispersed and the continuous phase are liquid"

Hope this helps

Other types of colloids include gas in liquid, gas in solid, solid in liquid etc

 

[N1C0L3]

thanks