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On dissolving chalk powder in water, a suspension is obtained. Give any four reasons to support the fact that mixture so obtained is a suspension only.

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It is supported by the following reasons
(i) White particles of chalk powder can be seen with naked eye.
(ii) The particles can be separated by ordinary filter paper.
(iii) Upon shaking, a white turbidity reappears in solution.
(iv) Light cannot pass through the suspension which shows that it is of opaque nature.
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