sol
A fluid
colloidal
system of two or more components, e.g. a protein sol, a gold sol, an
emulsion
, a
surfactant
solution above the
critical micelle concentration
.
Source:
PAC, 1972,
31
, 577
(Manual of Symbols and Terminology for Physicochemical Quantities and Units, Appendix II: Definitions, Terminology and Symbols in Colloid and Surface Chemistry)
on page 606