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KCET · Chemistry · Surface Chemistry

When a sulphur sol is evaporated sulphur is obtained. On mixing with water sulphur sol is not formed. The sol is

  1. A lyophilic
  2. B reversible
  3. C hydrophobic
  4. D hydrophilic
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(C) hydrophobic

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Hydrophobic sol are irreversible in nature. They have no affinity between the dispersed phase and the dispersion medium \(\left(\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}\right)\). Further once precipitated, they do not form the colloidal sol by simple addition of water.