Dispersion:

A suspension of extremely fine particles in a liquid (such as colloids in a colloidal solution).

2.

Of aggregates, subdivision of aggregates.

Dispersion increases the specific surface of the particle; hence, it results in an increase in viscosity and gel strength.

Terms Related to Dispersion

• Gel strength

  A measure of the ability of a colloidal dispersion to develop and retain a gel form, based on its resistance to shear. The gel, or ...

• Peptization

  An increased dispersion of solids in a liquid caused by the addition of electrolytes or other chemical substances. See deflocculation, dispersion.

• Emulsion

  A mixture in which one liquid, termed the dispersed phase, is uniformly distributed (usually as minute globules) in another liquid, called the continuous phase or ...

• Colloid

  1. A substance whose particles are so fine that they will not settle out of suspension or solution and cannot be seen under an ordinary ...

• Surfactant mud

  A drilling mud prepared by adding a surfactant to a water-base mud to change the colloidal state of the clay from that of complete dispersion ...

• Gum

  Any hydrophilic plant polysaccharides or their derivatives that, when dispersed in water, swell to produce a viscous dispersion or solution. Unlike resins, they are soluble ...

• Colloidal suspension

  Finely divided particles of ultramicroscopic size swimming in a liquid.