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What is Tyndall effect? Does true solution exhibit Tyndall effect.

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The phenomenon by which colloidal particles scatter light is called Tyndall effect. The particles of colloids scatter a beam of light passing through it and make its path visible. True solutions do not show Tyndall effect. Scattering of light or Tyndall Effect is exhibited by Colloidal and Suspension particles.


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