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How are colloid, solution, and suspension different from each other?
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SolutionColloidSuspensionA solution is a homogeneousA colloid is a heterogeneousSuspension is a heterogeneousmixture of two or more substancesmixturemixtureThe particles of a solution areThe size of particles of a colloid isThe particles of a suspensionsmaller than 1 nm(10−9metre).too small to be individually can be seen by the naked eyes.So, they cannot beseen by naked eyes. It is between 1Their size is larger than 100 nm.seen by naked eyesnm and 100 nm. Due to small particle size, theyColloids are big enough to scatter aThe particles of a suspensiondo not scatter a beam of lightbeam of light passing throughscatter a beam of light passingpassing through them. Thus, thethem and make its path visible.through it and make its pathpath of light is not visible in avisible.solutionThe solute particles do not They do not settle down whenThe solute particles settle downsettle down when leftleft undisturbed, i.e., a colloid iswhen a suspension is leftundisturbed, i.e., a solution isquite stableundisturbed, i.e., a suspension isstableunstableThe solute particles cannot beThe solute particles cannot beThey can be separated from theseparated from the mixture byseparated from the mixture bymixture by the process ofthe process of filtrationthe process of filtrationfiltration.
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