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CH1012
THE SHAPE OF COLLOIDS
- constant particle size
Spherical particles of
polystyrene latex (
H
2
O
)
Polydisperse
- a variety of particle sizes
General classes: spherical, linear & laminar
Monodisperse
Tobacco mosaic virus
kaolinite clay
1
m
m
0.2
m
m
0.5
m
m