Suspensions

 

Suspensions

Suspension and Its Properties

A suspension is a heterogeneous mixture in which the solute particles do not dissolve but remain suspended throughout the bulk of the medium.

• The solute particles settle down when a suspension is left undisturbed.
• They can be separated from the mixture by filtration.
• A suspension is a heterogeneous mixture.
• The size of solute particles in a suspension is quite large. It is larger than 100 mm in diameter.
• The particles of a suspension can be seen easily.
• The particles of a suspension do not pass through a filter paper. So a suspension can be separated by filtration.