S.no	Sol	Gel
(a)	The liquid state of collidal solution	The solid (or) semi solid stage of a colloidal solution.
(b)	Very low viscosity	Very high viscosity
(c)	It does not have definite structure.	It possesses definite structure.

By addition of suitable electrolytes precipitated particles can be brought into colloidal state. The process is termed as peptisation and the electrolyte added is called peptising or dispersing agent.
\(\underset { Precipitate }{ AgCl } \overset { HCl }{ \longrightarrow } \underset { Colloid }{ AgCl } \)

(i) Purification of drinking water is activated by coagulation of suspended impurities in water by using alums containing \(\mathrm{Al}^{3+}\left(\mathrm{K}_{2} \mathrm{SO}_{4} \mathrm{Al}_{2}\left(\mathrm{SO}_{4}\right)_{3} \cdot 24 \mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}\right)\) Alum has a negative charge and tends to disperse in water very fast.
(ii) The increased size as well as the lack of repelling charges cause the alum particles to settle down at the bottom or rise up and float in water. After the particles are neutralized, they clump together because of the London dispersive force which are part of vander Waal's forces. The weak inter molecular force arising from quantum induced instantaneous polarisation multi poles in molecules causes even non polar particles to attract each other due to the corelated movements of the electrons in interacting molecules. Then they settle down.

(i) Zeolites are microporous, crystalline, hydrated, alumino silicates, made of silicon and aluminium tetrahedra.
(ii) There are about 50 natural zeolites and 150 synthetic zeolites.
(iii) As silicon is tetravalent and aluminium is trivalent, the zeolite matrix carries extra negative charge.
(iv) To balance the negative charge, there are extra framework cations for example H⁺or Na⁺ons. Zeolites carrying protons are used as solid acids, catalysis and they are extensively used in the petrochemical industry for cracking heavy hydrocarbon fractions into gasoline, diesel, etc.,
(v) Zeolites carrying Na⁺ ions are used as basic catalysis.
(vi) One of the most important applications of zeolites is their shape selectivity.
(vii) In zeolites, the active sites namely protons are lying inside their pores. So, reactions occur only inside the pores of zeolites.
Reactant selectivity:
When bulkier molecules in a reactant mixture are prevented from reaching the active sites within the zeolite crystal, this selectivity is called reactant shape selectivity.
Transition state selectivity:
If the transition state of a reaction is large compared to the pore size of the zeolite, then no product will be formed.
Product selectivity:
It is encountered when certain product molecules one too big to diffuse out of the zeolite pores.

(i) Enzymes are complex protein molecules with three dimensional structures. They catalyse the chemical reaction in living organism. They are often present in colloidal state and extremely specific in catalytic action. Each enzyme produced in a particular living cell can catalyse a particular reaction in the cell.
Some common examples for enzyme catalysis:
(ii) The peptide glycyl L-glutamyl L-tyrosin is hydrolysed by an enzyme called pepsin.
(iii) The enzyme diastase hydrolyses starch into maltose
\(2\left(\mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{H}_{10} \mathrm{O}_{5}\right)_{\mathrm{n}}+\mathrm{nH}_{2} \mathrm{O} \rightarrow \mathrm{nC}_{12} \mathrm{H}_{22} \mathrm{O}_{11}\)
(iv) The yeast contains the enzyme zymase which converts glucose into ethanol.
\(\mathrm{C}_{6} \mathrm{H}_{12} \mathrm{O}_{6} \rightarrow 2 \mathrm{C}_{2} \mathrm{H}_{5} \mathrm{OH}+2 \mathrm{CO}_{2}\)
(v) The enzyme micoderma aceti oxidises alcohol into acetic acid.
\(\mathrm{C}_{2} \mathrm{H}_{5} \mathrm{OH}+\mathrm{O}_{2} \rightarrow \mathrm{CH}_{3} \mathrm{COOH}+\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O}\)
(vi) The enzyme urease present in soya beens hydrolyses the urea.
\(\mathrm{NH}_{2}-\mathrm{CO}-\mathrm{NH}_{2}+\mathrm{H}_{2} \mathrm{O} \rightarrow 2 \mathrm{NH}_{3}+\mathrm{CO}_{2}\)
Mechanism of enzyme catalysed reaction
(vii) The following mechanism is proposed for the enzyme catalysis
\(​​​​​​​\mathrm{E}+\mathrm{S} \rightleftharpoons \mathrm{ES} \rightarrow \mathrm{P}+\mathrm{E}\).
(viii) Where E is the enzyme, S the substrate (reactant), ES represents activated complex and P the products.