9. During an experiment the students prepared three mixtures A)Starch in water B) Sodium chloride solution C) Tincture of Iodine
. i) Students observed a visible beam of light through mixture A. Why? ii) Tincture of lodTe did not show Tyndall effect. Explain reason. ill) How can you relate particle size to Tyndall effect?
Tyndall effect refers to the scattering of light in a solution. Tyndall effect occurs when the size of particles in the solution exceeds 1 nm in diameter. Such solutions are actually called false solutions.
In tincture of iodine, the size of particles in solution is less than 1 nm in diameter hence the solution does not exhibit Tyndall effect. Hence, tincture of iodine is a true solution.
Therefore, if the size of particles in solution exceeded 1nm in diameter, Tyndall effect is observed.
