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When and who found the existence and motion of particles in liquids?


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The existence and motion of particles in liquids:

An English Botanist, Robert Brown in1827 found the best evidence for the existence and motion of particles in liquids.

Brownian motion:

  1. He observed a continuous and rapid zig-zag motion in colloidal solution under the microscope.
  2. He called this continuous and rapid zig-zag motion of the colloidal particles as Brownian motion.

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