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3/25/2015 Tyndall Effect - Chemwiki Sign In Forgot Password Register ashwenchan username •••••••• password Sign In If you like us, please share us on social media. The latest UCD Hyperlibrary newsletter is now complete, check it out. ChemWiki BioWiki Periodic Table of the Elements GeoWiki Reference Tables StatWiki Physical Constants PhysWiki MathWiki SolarWiki Units & Conversions Lab Techniques ChemWiki: The Dynamic Chemistry E-textbook > Physical Chemistry > Physical Properties of Matter > Solutions and Mixtures > Colloids > Tyndall Effect Tyndall Effect The 19th Century Irish scientist John Tyndall was born on August 2, 1820 in Leighlinbridge, Ireland. He studied the Tyndall Effect in 1869. Introduction The Tyndall Effect is the effect of light scattering in many directions in colloidal dispersion, while showing no light in a true solution. This effect is used to determine whether a mixture is a true solution or a colloid. "To be classified colloidal, a material must have one or more of its dimensions (length, width, or thickness) in the approximate range of 1-1000 nm." Because a colloidal solution or substance (like fog) is made up of scattered particles (like dust and water in air), light cannot travel straight through. Rather, it collides with these micro-particles and scatters causing the effect of a visible light beam. This effect was observed and described by John Tyndall as the Tyndall Effect. The Tyndall effect is an easy way of determining whether a mixture is colloidal or not. When light is shined through a true solution, the light passes cleanly through the solution, however when light is passed through a colloidal solution, the substance in the dispersed phases scatters the light in all directions, making it readily seen. For example, light being shined through water and milk. The light is not reflected when passing through the water because it is not a colloid. It is however reflected in all directions when it passes through the milk, which is colloidal. A second example is shining a flashlight into fog or smog; the beam of light can be easily seen because the fog is a colloid. Why is the Sky is Blue? We know that blue light has the shortest wavelength in the visible light spectrum, while red has one of the longest. We also know that light with shorter wavelengths scatters more so than longer wavelengths. Thus, the sky looks blue when viewed away from the sun: the blue light is scattered more and is visible to a greater extent. References 1. Heidorn, Keith PhD. The Weather Doctor's Weather Almanac: John Tyndall. NASA 2006 2. John Tyndall (1896). The Glaciers of the Alps. Longmans, Green and Co.. Republished as Tyndall, J. 1860 (2005). The Glaciers of the Alps. Adamant Media Corp. 3. Petrucci, Ralph, William Harwood, F. Herring, and Jeffry Madura. General Chemistry: Principles and Modern Applications 9th Ed. New Jersey, 2007. http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/Physical_Chemistry/Physical_Properties_of_Matter/Solutions_and_Mixtures/Colloid/Tyndall_Effect 1/2 3/25/2015 Tyndall Effect - Chemwiki Contributors Bella Mody (UCD) © Copyright 2015 Chemwiki Powered by MindTouch ® Unless otherwise noted, content in the UC Davis ChemWiki is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 United States License. Permissions beyond the scope of this license may be available at copyright@ucdavis.edu. Questions and concerns can be directed toward Prof. Delmar Larsen (dlarsen@ucdavis.edu), Founder and Director. Terms of Use http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/Physical_Chemistry/Physical_Properties_of_Matter/Solutions_and_Mixtures/Colloid/Tyndall_Effect 2/2
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