Question

Divya mixed the white of an egg with water and stirred well. After some time she observed that:

• A. Transparent solution at the bottom.
• B. Egg white settles at the bottom.
• C. Egg white floats on the surface water.
• D. A translucent mixture is formed

Answer 1

The correct option is D

A translucent mixture is formed

Explanation for the correct option:
(D) A translucent mixture is formed.

• Divya mixed the white of an egg with water it forming egg albumin.
• Egg albumin is a colloidal solution that allows light partially through the colloidal solution. Hence the solution is translucent.
• Colloid: it is a heterogeneous mixture in which one substance is dispersed in another substance which is called a dispersion medium.
• Dispersion medium: The medium the colloidal particles are distributed is called the Soap solution and starch solution medium of dispersion.
• Dispersed phase: The phase that is dispersed or present in colloidal particle shape is called the dispersed phase.
• Example: Starch represents the dispersed phase in a starch solution, while water is the dispersing medium.
• Translucent objects: Translucent objects are those that characters in between opaque and transparent materials, allowing some but not all, light rays to pass through them.

Hence option (D) is correct.