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Particles dispersed in a colloid solution are engaged in ceaseless irregular movement that can be observed in the microscope. Adjacent particles are not moving in the same direction and not at the same velocity, which may indicate that this movement does not result from microscopic convection currents in the system. This phenomenon, called Brownian movement, was first noticed with pollen grains by the English botanist Robert Brown in 1827.
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Yariv, S., Cross, H. (1979). Kinetic Properties of Colloid Solutions. In: Geochemistry of Colloid Systems. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67041-1_6
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