The protecting power of lyophilic colloidal sol is expressed in terms of

The protecting power of lyophilic colloidal sol is expressed in terms of
A Oxidation number
B Coagulation value
C Gold number
D Critical micelle concentration

Detailed Solution

Lyophilic sols protect lyophobic sols from coagulation by electrolytes.
This protecting power is measured by the gold number: the minimum mass in milligrams of the protective colloid that just prevents the coagulation of 10 mL of a gold sol on adding 1 mL of 10% NaCl solution.
The smaller the gold number, the greater the protecting power.

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