The colloidal state and its significance for various branches of natural science
Abstract
I wish to point out the importance of knowledge of thefundamental principles of colloidal 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 foundational principles of the study of colloids are no less important, because, when obtaining highly dispersed systems through the method of 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.
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