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colloid

(Encyclopedia)colloid kŏlˈoid [key] [Gr.,=gluelike], a mixture in which one substance is divided into minute particles (called colloidal particles) and dispersed throughout a second substance. The mixture is also...

gel

(Encyclopedia)gel: see colloid.

foam

(Encyclopedia)foam: see colloid.

emulsion

(Encyclopedia)emulsion: see colloid.

electrophoresis

(Encyclopedia)electrophoresis ĭlĕkˌtrōfərēˈsĭs [key]: see colloid. ...

aerosol

(Encyclopedia)aerosol ârˈəsōl, –sŏl [key]: see colloid. ...

dispersion, in chemistry

(Encyclopedia)dispersion, in chemistry, mixture in which fine particles of one substance are scattered throughout another substance. A dispersion is classed as a suspension, colloid, or solution. Generally, the par...

Zsigmondy, Richard Adolf

(Encyclopedia)Zsigmondy, Richard Adolf, 1865–1929, Austrian-German chemist, Ph.D. Univ. of Munich, 1889. Zsigmondy was a lecturer at the Univ. of Munich (1887–1893) and at the Univ. of Graz (1893–97), then wo...

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