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What is the difference between a colloid and an emulsion?
Generally, the size of the droplets or particles. Some people use them interchangably.
colloid - a substance that consists of particles dispersed throughout another substance which are too small for resolution with an ordinary light microscope but are incapable of passing through a semipermeable membrane b : a mixture consisting of a colloid together with the medium in which it is dispersed. Smoke is a colloid in air.
but it can also be
a gelatinous or mucinous substance found in tissues in disease (as in the thyroid) or normally
emulsion - a system (as fat in milk) consisting of a liquid dispersed with or without an emulsifier in an immiscible liquid usually in droplets of larger than colloidal size
Also, - suspension of liquid within another liquid: a suspension of one liquid in another, for example, oil in water or fat in milk
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