w/o and o/w emulsions

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Hello Everyone,

Thanks for the response about the w/o and o/w emulsions.  The rocky road

analogy was helpful, but I do still have some questions.  Maurice/, are

you there?  I read the article in links and found it excellent on several

points, and I do understand the difference between the two types of

emulsions, but still don't really understand what preparation would involve

to lead to one or the other.  Perhaps someone could better define the

" dispersed phase " or internal phase and the " dispersion medium " or external

phase--if there is a different preparation.  For example, when I make a

lotion, I add my water phase to my oil phase after heating---what type of

emulsion am I making?  I am sure there is a simple explanation that I am

missing!  I would really appreciate some clarification on this.

Thanks,

Angie in SC