5.27Comment on the statement that “colloid is not a substance but a state of substance”.
Common salt (a typical crystalloid in an aqueous medium) behaves as a colloid in a benzene medium. Hence, we can say that a colloidal substance does not represent a separate class of substances.
When the size of the solute particle lies between 1 nm and 1000 nm, it behaves as a colloid.
Hence, we can say that colloid is not a substance but a state of the substance which is dependent on the size of the particle.
A colloidal state is an intermediate between a true solution and a suspension.
