Question #65957
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Jan 7, 2018
A mixture of two liquids that are not miscible (not soluble in one another) and yet are not completely separated.
Explanation:
Some liquids will not dissolve in one another.
A prime example of this is water and oil. If you mix oil and water, the oil and water will stay as two separate substances - oil and water.
If you can suspend the oil droplets within the water, you would get an emulsion.
Milk is a common emulsion - it is actually small droplets of fat that are suspended in water. The fat does not dissolve in the water, and yet does not completely separate (as per oil and water), this suspension is called an emulsion.
