Question

Milk of magnesia is an example of which type of colloid?

Answer 1

Colloids:

• The mixture in which one substance of dispersed insoluble particles is suspended throughout the other substance is known as colloids.
• Colloids can be classified on the basis of the phase of the dispersed substance and the phase in which it is dispersed.
• Sol, emulsion, foam, and aerosol are the different types of colloids.
• The colloidal suspension with solid particles in a liquid is known as Sol.
• An emulsion is a mixture of two liquids.
• Foam is formed when many gas particles are trapped in a liquid or solid.
• Aerosol contains small particles of liquid or solid dispersed in a gas
• Milk of magnesia is an example of Solid in liquid type colloid (sol) type of colloid.