When light passes through a colloidal solution, it undergoes scattering due to interaction with the colloidal particles. This phenomenon is known as the Tyndall effect.
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Colloidal particles are small enough to be below the threshold of visibility, requiring a microscope to observe them individually.
Milk is an example of a colloidal solution, where fat droplets are dispersed uniformly throughout the liquid medium.
Despite appearing homogeneous, colloidal solutions are heterogeneous because they contain particles of larger sizes that do not dissolve and remain dispersed in the medium.
Colloidal solutions have uniformly dispersed particles throughout the solution, appearing homogeneous despite being heterogeneous.