Colloid in a sentence

An Adenomatous Colloid Goiter is caused by adenoma or multiple colloid nodules of the thyroid gland.

Nine months later, Colby died of a colloid cyst, which is a slow-growing and rare tumour typically found near the centre of the brain.

In a previous statement, McCall said the benign brain tumour, a colloid cyst, was discovered after she was offered a courtesy health check-up as part of her menopause advocacy work.

The colloid cyst was found after she was offered a health check-up as part of her menopause advocacy work.

A hydrocolloid has colloid particles spread throughout water, and depending on the quantity of water available that can take place in different states, e.g., gel or sol (liquid).

Although the terms colloid and emulsion are sometimes used interchangeably, emulsion should be used when both phases, dispersed and continuous, are liquids.

Emulsion The emulsion consists of silver halide grains suspended in a gelatin colloid; in the case of color film, there are three layers of silver halide, which are mixed with color couplers and interlayers that filter specific light spectra.

For example, if a colloid consists of a solid phase dispersed in a liquid, the solid particles will not diffuse through a membrane, whereas with a true solution the dissolved ions or molecules will diffuse through a membrane.

Grain size main seeAlso Sediment in the Gulf of Mexico Sediment off the Yucatán Peninsula Sediment size is measured on a log base 2 scale, called the "Phi" scale, which classifies particles by size from "colloid" to "boulder".

He is regarded as the father of colloid chemistry.

In a stable colloid, mass of a dispersed phase is so low that its buoyancy or kinetic energy is too weak to overcome the electrostatic repulsion between charged layers of the dispersing phase.

In humans, both the thyroid gland and the intermediate lobe (pars intermedia) of the pituitary gland contain colloid follicles.

In many interesting cases optical fluidity is used to control colloid suspensions.

Interaction between particles The following forces play an important role in the interaction of colloid particles: citation citation citation * Excluded volume repulsion : This refers to the impossibility of any overlap between hard particles.

Physical and chemical properties of milk Milk is an emulsion or colloid of butterfat globules within a water-based fluid that contains dissolved carbohydrates and protein aggregates with minerals.

Proteins, mainly albumin, are responsible for creating the colloid osmotic pressure (COP) observed in the blood and tissue fluids.

The dispersed-phase particles or droplets are affected largely by the surface chemistry present in the colloid.

The end product, humus, is soluble in water and forms a weak acid that can attack silicate minerals. citation Humus is a colloid with a high cation and anion exchange capacity that on a dry weight basis is many times greater than that of clay colloids.

The latex is a sticky, milky colloid drawn off by making incisions into the bark and collecting the fluid in vessels in a process called "tapping".

There is a hierarchy in the process of cation exchange on colloids, as they differ in the strength of adsorption by the colloid and hence their ability to replace one another.