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Given an unknown mixture consisting of two or more substances, explain one technique that could be used to determine whether that mixture is a true solution, a colloid, or a suspension

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First, you can distinguish suspension from solution and colloid by observing whether there is solid inside. And then by using light to the mixture, if you observe the Tyndall effect, it is colloid and the other one is solution.
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