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Why lyophilic colloids are called natural colloids?

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Dear student, As lyophilic colloids are solvent loving so they can be easily prepared and thus are found abundantly in nature unlike lyophobic colloids which needs to be prepared as they have very less affinity for solvent. This property of lyophilic colloids make them natural colloids. Regards

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