Monday, September 15, 2008

Tyndall Effect

What is the Tyndall effect and how does it relate to mixtures?

19 comments:

daryn(: said...

The tyndell effect is the scattering of light by collidal particles. It relates to mixtues because some mixtures you can see thorug andsome you can't. Some go through the ttndall effect.

:) Bryanna Dawn (: said...

The tyndall effect is like when a light beam is scattered as it passes through a colloid. It is related to mixtures because it passes through a colloid. Fog is also an example of the tyndall effect.

*Traci K.* said...

The Tyndall effect is the scattering of light by colloidal particles. If you pass a beam of ligth through a solution, it will be nearly invisible. If you pass a beam of light through a colloid, it is easily seen. Therefore, you can figure out if a mixture is a solution or colloid by using the Tyndall effect.

Anonymous said...

the scattering of light by collidal particles is what this so called tyndell effect is. it would probably be remalted to a mixture becaue some mictures you cna see and you can mornally see this so called tyndell affect. and come go threw this so called tyndell effect.

Mike H. said...

the tyndall effect can be used to show how dense a mixture is by how much light is able to pass through. This is how you might look at milk, how the light doesn't pass through entirely.

Anonymous said...

The tyndall effect is know as the scattering of light by colloidal particles. It is like a mixture because the colloidal particles combine with the sunbeams making it visible. and thats whats up in the tyndall house.

trevor said...

the tyndall effect is scatering light particles by collid particals.

~*Rikki*~ said...

The Tyndall Effect is the scattering of the light beam as it passes through a colloid. It is important to mixtures because it is a homogeneous mixture and helps you understand mixtures better.

roxmysox29 said...

The tyndell afect is when the light particles scatter through somthing and you cant se them like headlights in fog. in some mixtures you cant tell what are in them like homeogenous mixtures.

dreenaa. said...

the Tyndall effect is scattering of light by colloidal particles.it relates to mixtures because in some mixtures you can see through a colloid and some you can not. you can figure out if its a solutin or colloid.

.Katlyn. said...

The Tyndall effect is an effect of light scattering by colloidal particles or particles in suspension. It has to do with mixtures because the colloid is a mixture and the particles in that mixture are larger then those in solutions but not heavy enough to settle out.

Unknown said...

The Tyndall effect is the scattering of light by colloidal particles. and has to do with mixtures because they pass threw colloids.

Tim said...

The Tyndall Effect is the scatter of colloidal particals. The Tyndall Effect can distort the transparancy of a mixture by scattering the particals in the mixture thoughout, and blocking light from coming through

Anonymous said...

The tyndall effect is the scattering of light by coloidal particles.If you shine a light through a colloid you can see it. If you shine it through a solution you probably won't see it. SO, you can tell whether it's a colloid or s solution.

EmKay said...

The tyndal effect is the scattering of a ligt beam. It passes througha colloid as it is going through the light beam. It is simalar to mixtures because it has two or more substances in it and can be seen. It cant al be seen but it might not be the orginal type. So some can work and some cant.

lj_bierman said...

The tyndall effect is a scattering of light through colloid particles. AN example is fog. Light from headlights on a car go through fog. It's related to mixtures because it passes through a colloid which is kind of the colloid and light being mixed.

':=:L^O^G^A^N:=:' said...

It is when a light beam is scattered by a colloid. a colloid is a mixture. that is how it relates.

Mal said...

the tyndall affect is the scattering of light by collidial particles. So if you can shine a light through your substance it can give you a hint f what it is. It can be homogeneous or heterogeneous. Some will be clear b/c all of the stuff has gone to the bottom. Or the substance will be way too thick.

~*Kacy*~ said...

The tydell effect is the scattering effect of light. You can see through some some mixtures and some you can't.