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THE SHAPE OF COLLOIDS
- constant particle size
Spherical particles of
polystyrene latex (H2O)
Polydisperse - a variety of particle sizes
General classes: spherical, linear & laminar
Monodisperse
Tobacco mosaic virus         kaolinite clay
1 mm
0.2 mm
0.5 mm