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← ScienceWhich instability can result when high concentration ionic solutions destabilize colloids?
A)Increased electrostatic double layer compression✓
B)Reduced Van der Waals attraction
C)Increased Brownian motion stability
D)Suppressed gravitational settling rate
💡 Explanation
Colloid destabilization occurs through electrostatic double layer compression, because high ionic strength reduces repulsive forces between particles, therefore aggregation happens rather than particles remaining dispersed due to other stabilizing factors being overcome.
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