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In the manner of a substance (as gelatin, albumin, or starch) that, when apparently dissolved in water or other liquid, diffuses not at all or very slowly through a membrane

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  • Particles were colloidally dispersed in the medium
  • Adjective : colloidal gold and silver
  • One may therefore assume that tannoid substances are colloidally suspended, and when converted into true solutions are incapable of being fixed in insoluble form by the...
  • Tanning experiments with this partly neutralised product resulted in a very gradual conversion of the pelt into a greenish-grey coloured leather; the colour, however, does not...
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