Question

Milk is a colloidal solution.

• A. True
• B. False

Answer 1

The correct option is A True

Colloidal solution

• A colloid is a mixture in which one substance of dispersed insoluble particles is suspended throughout another substance.
• The phase of the dispersed substance and the phase in which it is dispersed are used to classify colloids.
• Milk is a milk fat (liquid phase) emulsion of water.
• An emulsion may be described as a colloid consisting of two or more non-homogeneous liquid types, in which the dispersion of the various liquid forms is concentrated in one of the liquids.
• Thus, milk is a colloidal solution.
• Hence, the given statement is true.