Solutions: So what are the three type of solutions? Well lets break it down for you!
Solution: a solution is a a liquid mixture in which the minor component (the solute) is uniformly distributed within the major component (the solvent)., so in English this means when we have a solvent ( the thing we are dissolving in EX: water) and a solute ( the stuff dissolving). In this case lets take this information to a kool situation. So its a hot summer day and you've been outside playing with your friends. So you come in for a glass of Kool-Aid. So you take the powder and the water and mix them together. What you see is a refreshing drink, But look below the surface. In this situation the Kool-Aid is the solute, and the water is the solvent. So how does this work? Well the Kool-Aid gets poured into the solution and their molecules get broken down to ions, and at this point the water (solvent) is surrounding the Kool-Aid (solute) and the substance is being evenly distributed. This is the great process of solvation and solutions. Some examples of these that we see every day are, humming bird food, which is a mixture of sugar and water (similar to the example at the top of the page), and there's my favorite 'Country Time lemonade. All of these go through the same process of solvation that we talked about a little earlier.
Colloids:A colloid is a substance microscopically dispersed throughout another substance. The dispersed-phase particles have a diameter of between approximately 1 and 1000 nano meters. So again this is a pretty scary definition but i'm going to clear it up for you. So a house hold example of a colloid is gelatin. So the best way for us to tell is using the Tyndall effect. So how the Tyndall effect works is by shining a light into the substance you will see the light and it will be foggy. If you can see the actual particles this is not a colloid this is a suspension. My favorite example is Gelatin, some examples are Shaving lather, and whipped cream.
Suspension: a suspension is a heterogeneous mixture containing solid particles that are sufficiently large for sedimentation. Usually they must be larger than 1 micrometer. So this is probably a more Familiar topic to most. So what is the difference between a suspension and a solution? Well the main difference between the two is that a suspension's particles are much large than the particles suspended in a solution. Also in a solution the particles are suspended indefinitely, and in a suspension the particles tend to settle at the bottom. So what makes the suspension heterogeneous? Well in a suspension there's two clearly identifiable substances. Some examples of suspensions are finger paints, muddy water and flower in water.
Solution: a solution is a a liquid mixture in which the minor component (the solute) is uniformly distributed within the major component (the solvent)., so in English this means when we have a solvent ( the thing we are dissolving in EX: water) and a solute ( the stuff dissolving). In this case lets take this information to a kool situation. So its a hot summer day and you've been outside playing with your friends. So you come in for a glass of Kool-Aid. So you take the powder and the water and mix them together. What you see is a refreshing drink, But look below the surface. In this situation the Kool-Aid is the solute, and the water is the solvent. So how does this work? Well the Kool-Aid gets poured into the solution and their molecules get broken down to ions, and at this point the water (solvent) is surrounding the Kool-Aid (solute) and the substance is being evenly distributed. This is the great process of solvation and solutions. Some examples of these that we see every day are, humming bird food, which is a mixture of sugar and water (similar to the example at the top of the page), and there's my favorite 'Country Time lemonade. All of these go through the same process of solvation that we talked about a little earlier.
Colloids:A colloid is a substance microscopically dispersed throughout another substance. The dispersed-phase particles have a diameter of between approximately 1 and 1000 nano meters. So again this is a pretty scary definition but i'm going to clear it up for you. So a house hold example of a colloid is gelatin. So the best way for us to tell is using the Tyndall effect. So how the Tyndall effect works is by shining a light into the substance you will see the light and it will be foggy. If you can see the actual particles this is not a colloid this is a suspension. My favorite example is Gelatin, some examples are Shaving lather, and whipped cream.
Suspension: a suspension is a heterogeneous mixture containing solid particles that are sufficiently large for sedimentation. Usually they must be larger than 1 micrometer. So this is probably a more Familiar topic to most. So what is the difference between a suspension and a solution? Well the main difference between the two is that a suspension's particles are much large than the particles suspended in a solution. Also in a solution the particles are suspended indefinitely, and in a suspension the particles tend to settle at the bottom. So what makes the suspension heterogeneous? Well in a suspension there's two clearly identifiable substances. Some examples of suspensions are finger paints, muddy water and flower in water.