U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Format

Send to:

Choose Destination

Colloids

Two-phase systems in which one is uniformly dispersed in another as particles small enough so they cannot be filtered or will not settle out. The dispersing or continuous phase or medium envelops the particles of the discontinuous phase. All three states of matter can form colloids among each other.

PubMed search builder options

Subheadings:

Tree Number(s): D20.280, D26.255.165

MeSH Unique ID: D003102

Entry Terms:

  • Colloid
  • Hydrocolloids
  • Hydrocolloid

Supplemental Content

Loading ...