Question

What is meant by dispersed phase and dispersed medium?

Answer 1

1. Colloidal solution: It is a heterogeneous mixture made up of two phases namely, the dispersed phase and the dispersion medium.
2. Dispersed Phase: The substance distributed as particles is called the dispersed phase.
3. Dispersion medium: The continuous phase in which the colloidal particles are dispersed is called dispersion medium.
4. The mixture of milk powder containing fat, vitamin, protein, and water forms a colloid.
5. Thus, it can be represented as $\mathrm{Dispersed}\mathrm{phase}+\mathrm{Dispersion}\mathrm{medium}\to \mathrm{Colloidal}\mathrm{solution}$