Question
What is meant by gold number?

Answer

  1. Zsigmondy introduced the term “Gold number” as a measure of protective power of a colloid.
  2. Gold number is defined as the number of milligrams of hydrophilic colloid that will just prevent the precipitation of 10 ml of gold sol on the addition of 1 ml of 10% NaCI solution.

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