Phases of Matter XI - Suspensions
Written by Translator on July 30, 2008 – 10:51 pm -Crossposted at Dailykos.com
It has been a while since I added to this series. For this discussion, only the “classic” phases of matter (solid, liquid, and gas) will be covered. That gives, for binary systems, the following possibilities:
Solid in solid suspensions
Solid in liquid suspensions
Solid in gas suspensions
Liquid in solid suspensions
Liquid in liquid suspensions
Liquid in gas suspensions
Gas in solid suspensions
Gas in liquid suspensions
Gas in gas suspensions
A suspension is defined as a material, on a level larger than single molecules, ions, or atoms, dispersed in a homogeneous manner in another material. Thus they differ from solutions, where the material dispersed in on a molecular or smaller scale.
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