Compounds precipitate from a solution when its concentration exceeds its solubility, i.e. the solution is supersaturated. Supersaturation can arise from temperature changes, solvent evaporation, or by mixing solvents. Precipitation occurs more rapidly from a strongly supersaturated solution.

Colloidal suspensions

Without sufficient attraction forces (e.g., Van der Waals force) to aggregate the solid particles

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