INVESTIGATE MIXES!

Directions: Perform
the activity below with
the help of your
groupmates.
or guardian. Record
your answer in your
activity notebook.
Materials:
drinking glass- 3pcs
gaw-gaw or corn
starch- 1 pack
tap water and hot
water
penlight or flashlight
sugar
• Activity 1
1. Prepare one glass of
tap water.
2. Add a teaspoon of
sugar. Stir the water
until all sugar particles
dissolve.
• Activity 2
1. Stir a teaspoon of
gaw-gaw in tap water.
2. Pour the mixture into
another glass of boiling
water.
3. Allow the mixture to
cool and set aside.
• Activity 3
1. Prepare another one
glass of tap water.
2. Add a teaspoon of
uncooked gaw-gaw
powder.
• Activity 4
1. To each glass, direct
a beam of light from a
penlight in dark room.
(Note: You may use a
big black cloth to cover
yourself in lieu of a
dark room)
2. Look at the ray of
light focused at right
angle with the mixture.
• Questions:
1. Compare the colors
of the mixtures.
2. Which of the three
mixtures is/ are
homogeneous?
Heterogeneous?
3. Which is clear and
transparent or no
particles are observed?
4. Which has fine
particles that do not
settle? Are these
particles visible to the
naked
eye?
5. Which mixture has
big particles that tend
to settle at the bottom
of the container?
6. Which exhibits
Tyndall Effect?
• Guide questions :
1. Which mixture
exhibits rays that
scattered when a beam
of light is passed
through it?
What kind of Test is
applied to the mixture?
2. So therefore, how do
we know that this
mixture is a colloid?
Why?
 SHOPPING FOR
COLLOIDS
Directions: Read the
problem and answer
the questions that
follow. Record your
answer
in your activity
notebook.
• Problem:
You and your mother
brought the following
items from the
supermarket:
mayonnaise,
butter, brown sugar,
milk, oil, salt, detergent
powder, shampoo,
canned goods,
dishwashing liquid,
toothpaste, vinegar,
soy sauce, olive oil, and
ketchup.
• Select 6 items that
are colloids and
describe its uses. Write
your answers on the
table below:
COLLOID USES OF
ITEMS COLLOIDS
Question:
7. How these colloids
are important to our
daily life?
Definition of Terms
Colloids- homogeneous
mixture with particles
evenly scattered in a
dispersed medium
without settling down.
Brownian motion- a
motion of tiny particles
moved rapidly that
collide or bump each
other.
Tyndall effect-
scattering the beam of
light
Chlorofluorocarbons
(CFCs)- consists of
typically gases used in
refrigerants and
aerosol propellants,
which are harmful to
ozone layer.
Ozone layer- layer of
atmosphere that
protects the earth from
the ultraviolet rays of
the sun
Artificial aerosols- is
colloidal mixtures of
sulfate, nitrate and
carbon and particulate
air pollutants.
COLLOID
is a special kind of
mixture that contains
very tiny particles that
cannot be seen by the
unaided eye.
The tiny particles do
not settle down.
Instead, they move
rapidly and collide
with or bump each
other.
This motion of the tiny
particles is called
Brownian motion.
Colloidal particles are
in-between the sizes
of suspension and
solution particles and
cannot be seen by the
naked eye; instead,
they are visible
through a microscope
only.

 The different
examples of colloids
are important to
 daily life. Natural
colloids such as
blood, clouds and fog
are basic for living
things.
 Man-made colloids
are also useful.
 Numerous colloids
such as milk, butter,
gelatin, jam, jelly,
and other creamy
substances such as
mayonnaise and
whipped cream, are
used as food or
ingredients for
preparing food. Some
colloids such as
magnesium
hydroxide, creams,
and ointments are
used as medicines
and cosmetics.
 Paints have both
protective and
decorative functions.
 Styrofoam, inks, and
white glues are used
in offices and
printing press.
 Insecticides are
used in farming.
Artificial aerosols are
not environment-
friendly. These
products contain
chlorofluorocarbons
(CFCs) which act as
propellants. Experts
say the CFCs, destroy
the ozone layer, the
layer that protects the
earth from the
ultraviolet rays of the
sun.
For example, light
being shined through
water and milk. The
light is not reflected
when passing through
the water because it is
not a colloid. It is
however reflected in all
directions when it
passes through the
milk, which is colloidal.
Classification Of
Colloids
A common method of
classifying colloids is
based on the phase of
the dispersed
substance and what
phase it is dispersed in.
Types of Colloids
SOL is a colloidal
suspension with solid
particles in a liquid.
EMULSION is
between two liquids.
FOAM is formed when
many gas particles are
trapped in a liquid or
solid.
AEROSOL contains
small particles of
liquid or solid
dispersed in a gas.
An easy way of
determining whether a
mixture is colloidal or
not is through use of
the Tyndall Effect.

TYNDALL EFFECT
is the effect of light
scattering in colloidal
dispersion, while
showing no light in a
true solution. This
effect is used to
determine whether a
mixture is a true
solution or a colloid.

To be classified
colloidal, a material
must have one or
more of its dimensions
(length, width, or
thickness) in the
approximate range of
1-1000 nm." Because
a colloidal solution or
substance (like fog) is
made up of scattered
particles (like dust and
water in air), light
cannot travel straight
through. Rather, it
collides with these
micro-particles and
scatters causing the
effect of a visible light
beam. This effect was
observed and
described by John
Tyndall as the Tyndall
Effect.

The Tyndall effect is

Problems
1. Is dust a colloid? If
so, what type is it?
2. Is whipped cream a
colloid? if so, what
type is it?
3. What does Sol
mean?
4. When hit by light
what happens to a
colloidal mixture?
5. What is the mixture
considered if the
particles are larger
than the particles of a
colloidal substance
Answers
1. Dust is a colloid if
suspended in air. It
consists of a solid in a
gas, so it is a aerosol.
2. Whipped cream is a
colloid. It consists of a
gas in a liquid, so it is
a foam.
3. Sol is a colloidal
suspension with solid
particles in a liquid.
4. The light is reflected
off the large particles
and spread out.
It's
5. considered a
suspension if the
particles are larger
than 1000
nanometers.