Question

A certain skin lotion is a fine mixture of water and various oils. This lotion is cloudy and cannot be separated into oil and water by filtration. Moreover, its components do not separate when left standing. What type of mixture is it?

Answer 1

Is an emulsion

Step-by-step explanation:

The type of mixture described is an emulsion which is a mixture of two immiscible liquids in a more or less homogeneous manner. A liquid (the dispersed phase) is dispersed in another (the continuous phase or dispersing phase). This in particular is an oil in water emulsion, that is to say the oil is the dispersed phase and water is the continuous phase.

Answer 2

The skin lotion being described above is an example of a colloid specifically an emulsions. Emulsion is a fine dispersion of the minute droplets of one liquid in another in which they are not soluble or miscible. The emulsion is a continuous phase.