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What is meant by gold number?

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SOLUTION :Electrical double layer (i) Zsigmondy introduced the term "Gold number" as a measure of protective POWER of a colloid. (II) Gold number is defined as the number of MILLIGRAMS of hydrophilic colloid that will just prevent the PRECIPITATION of 10ml of gold sol on the addition of Iml of 10% NaCl solution.
Smaller the gold number, greater the protective power.


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