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Clay particles behave like ___________

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Clay particles behave like ___________

(a) Colloids

(b) Amorphous solids

(c) Crystalline particles

(d) Non-colloids

I have been asked this question during an internship interview.

This intriguing question comes from Solid Particles in Soil topic in division Soil Structure and Clay Minerology of Geotechnical Engineering I

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Right choice is (a) Colloids

For explanation: Clay minerals have high surface like colloids and are controlled by surface energy, they behave like colloids.

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