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Adding salt to a colloid destabilises it by reducing which quantity?
ATotal particle mass
BDebye screening length
CBoltzmann constant
DBrownian velocity
Answer & Solution
Correct answer: B. Debye screening length
Salt compresses the electrical double layer, removing the electrostatic barrier to aggregation.
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