noun
- Plural of hydrosol; colloidal solutions in which water is the dispersing medium and solid particles are dispersed throughout.
Usage: chemistry; technical
Examples
- Hydrosols are commonly used in laboratory experiments to study colloidal behavior.
- The chemist prepared several hydrosols by dispersing metal oxides in distilled water.
- Gold hydrosols exhibit distinctive color properties due to their particle size.
- Hydrosols differ from gels in that they maintain a liquid state.
- The stability of hydrosols depends on factors such as pH and ionic strength.