Colloidal state and its significance for various branches of natural science

Abstract

I want to point out the importance of knowledge of the basic principles of colloid chemistry for other branches of natural science. Knowledge of them is necessary for a physicist, because a deep understanding of the doctrine of states of aggregation is impossible without a clear assimilation of the properties of dispersed systems. For a crystallographer and a mineral chemist, these basic principles of the study of colloids are no less important, because, when obtaining highly dispersed systems by crystallization, we are present at the birth of a crystal and monitor all its embryonic forms. The study of colloidal chemistry is even more important for representatives of the biological sciences, since the true cradle of nascent life is a typical complex disperse system—plasma.