Oh! Not such a dumb question after all, eh? Thanks for the explanation. I sure wouldn't have figured it out on my own!
Sharon A conclusion is the place where you got tired of thinking >No. A colloid is a material suspended in a medium with a different phase. >But >if you want to specify what the state of the material and the medium are, you >have to use different terms. For instance liquid in gas would be a fog, >gas in >a liquid is foam, liquid in liquid (ie butterfat in milk) is an emulsion. And >solid in a liquid is a sol. So Colloidal silver is specifically a sol, a >solid >suspended in a liquid. > >Marshall > >Sharon L. House wrote: > >> Dumb question time. I see the term "sol" used frequently. Is that short for >> solution? >> >> Thanks, >> >> Sharon >> >> Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity >> >> -- >> The silver-list is a moderated forum for discussion of colloidal silver. >> >> To join or quit silver-list or silver-digest send an e-mail message to: >> [email protected] -or- [email protected] >> with the word subscribe or unsubscribe in the SUBJECT line. >> >> To post, address your message to: [email protected] >> >> List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
