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Name the method by which lyophobic colloids can be coagulated.

Lyophobic colloids can be coagulated by mixing two oppositely charged colloids in equal proportion. This results in neutralization of their charges and eventually gets precipitated.


For e.g. mixing of hydrate Fe2O3 (positively charged)and As2S3 (negatively charged).


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