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Write scientific reason:
Constituent substances of a colloid cannot be separated by ordinary filtration.

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The colloidal particles having minute size . So it cant be separated by a filter paper.The colloidal substanceshaving very small constituents as compared to the pores of the filter paper .. Hence, the constituents substances of colloid cannot be separated by ordinary filtration.

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