What is emulsion and its phases? What is an emulsifier? Plz explain about Milk being an emulsifier

Question

details plz also include the emulsifier in milk and other imp emulsifiers

Answer 1

Emulsion and it's phases, correct me if I am wrong but there are usually 4 phases to an emulsion phase.

1. The two liquids not yet emulsified. (So one floating on top of another like oil on water, just not mixed yet.)

2.The two liquids being dispersed (mixed up.)

3.The unstable emulsion progressively separates (otherwise tries to go back to its original form because they do not mix.)

4. The surfactant stabilizes (or mixes together) becomes an emulsification.

 

An emulsifier is the medium that stabilizes all the other additives..say in a drink. If you add oil to water and shake it then stop the oil (depending on what oil) runs back to its other oil counterparts because there is nothing to stop it.

Lets not add milk to the water and oil and then shake, now that the two have a medium(milk) the oil has a very difficult time running back to its counterparts because the milk acts as a medium...it is like water and has similarities to oil... otherwise they get along very well.

 

Emulsion - the word it's self means two or more liquids that do not mix together.