hydrosol
(ˈhaɪdrəsɒl)
[f. hydro- + solution.]
A sol in which the liquid constituent is water.
| 1864 [see alcosol]. 1895, 1938 [see hydrogel]. 1937 Industr. & Engin. Chem. (News Ed.) 10 Mar. 104/2 Gold hydrosols nearly always contain unreduced gold compounds, which are fully reduced to metal hydrosols under suitable conditions. 1954 R. L. Parker tr. Niggli's Rocks & Min. Deposits xi. 463 In mineralogy the hydrosols—i.e., the colloidal solutions with water as the dispersing medium—are almost the only sols of any importance. |