2006-11-06 11:16:00 · 2 answers · asked by alicia d 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Visual Arts ➔ Drawing & Illustration
An emulsion is a mixture of two immiscible (unblendable) substances. One substance (the dispersed phase) is dispersed in the other (the continuous phase). Examples of emulsions include butter and margarine, espresso, mayonnaise, the photo-sensitive side of Photographic film, and cutting fluid for metalworking. In butter and margarine, a continuous lipid phase surrounds droplets of water (water-in-oil emulsion). Emulsification is the process by which emulsions are prepared.
2006-11-06 11:24:54 · answer #1 · answered by kame 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
And if you're talking about acrylic paint, it's the binder that suspends the pigments - polymer emulsion, a water/chemical stew that hardens when it cures, as the water portion evaporates.
2006-11-06 21:32:15 · answer #2 · answered by joyfulpaints 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋