ABSTRACT
Colloidal particles are small objects with at least one characteristic dimension in the range of 1 nm to 1 µm.
This range of size is a manifestation of the importance of Brownian motion
the endless translational diffusion resulting from the incompletely averaged-out bombardment that each particle receives from the molecules of a dispersion medium. In broad terms, colloidal particles can be considered giant molecules and can be treated, to a certain degree, according to the theories of statistical mechanics.
