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A '''colloid''' consists of small particles of one substance suspended in another, first described by Thomas Graham in the  
A '''colloid''' consists of small particles of one substance suspended in another, first described by Thomas Graham in the  
late nineteenth century, for example see Ref. 1.
late nineteenth century, for example see Ref. 1.
==Models==
*[[Hard core Yukawa | Repulsive hard core Yukawa potential]]
*[[C60#Girifalco potential | Girifalco potential]]
==Interesting reading==
==Interesting reading==
*[http://physicsworldarchive.iop.org/full/pwa-pdf/9/4/phwv9i4a23.pdf Wilson Poon, Peter Pusey and Henk Lekkerkerker "Colloids in suspense", Physics World '''April'''  pp. 27-34 (1996)]
*[http://physicsworldarchive.iop.org/full/pwa-pdf/9/4/phwv9i4a23.pdf Wilson Poon, Peter Pusey and Henk Lekkerkerker "Colloids in suspense", Physics World '''April'''  pp. 27-34 (1996)]

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A colloid consists of small particles of one substance suspended in another, first described by Thomas Graham in the late nineteenth century, for example see Ref. 1.

Models

Interesting reading

References

  1. Thomas Graham F.R.S. "On the properties of silicic acid and other analogous colloidal substances", Journal of the Chemical Society 17 pp. 318 - 327 (1864)