Question

Jose had an assignment to classify mixtures he found around his home. As he started exploring the house, he recalled that mixtures are defined by the size and behavior of the particles in them. He found some buckets of paint in the garage. What kind of mixture can paint be classified as?

a
colloid
b
solution
c
solvent
d
suspension

Answer 1

a colloid

Step-by-step explanation:

Paint is classified a colloid

A colloid is a homogenous of two phases which are the dispersed phase and the dispersion medium.

The dispersed phase is analogous to the solute of the true solution while the dispersion medium is analogous to the solvent.

• The particles of colloids are larger than those found in a solution.
• Their particles do not settle on standing
• Their particles pass through ordinary filter paper
• Their particles do not pass through permeable membranes