is a suspension is a mixture that has a uniform composition throughout?

Question

True or False

Answer 1

Hm. The difference between a solution and a suspension is the size of the particles. A suspension will typically be cloudy, full of comparatively large particles that aren't completely dissolved. If something is a solution, it is usually clear, transparent, though it may have a color, and the particles in it are molecules or ions, and quite small.

 

Consider salt water. It's pretty clear. It's a solution. The grains of salt have dissolved.

 

Consider most pond water. It's kind of brownish, and if you put it in a clear test tube you'd see little particles of murk floating about. Yuk. That's a suspension. The particles in a suspension might float around and never settle out, but they aren't dissolved.

 

--Louise K.

Answer 2

If the composition of the mixture is uniform throughout, it is a solution, not a suspension, so the statement is FALSE.