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Table of Contents
1 Cover
5 Preface
7 1 Introduction INTRODUCTION TO THE NATURE OF COLLOIDAL SOLUTIONS THE FORCES INVOLVED IN COLLOIDAL STABILITY TYPES OF COLLOIDAL SYSTEMS THE LINK BETWEEN COLLOIDS AND SURFACES WETTING PROPERTIES AND THEIR INDUSTRIAL IMPORTANCE Appendix
8 2 Surface Tension and Wetting THE EQUIVALENCE OF THE FORCE AND ENERGY DESCRIPTION OF SURFACE TENSION AND SURFACE ENERGY DERIVATION OF THE LAPLACE PRESSURE EQUATION METHODS FOR DETERMINING THE SURFACE TENSION OF LIQUIDS CAPILLARY RISE AND A FREE ENERGY ANALYSIS THE KELVIN EQUATION THE SURFACE ENERGY AND COHESION OF SOLIDS THE CONTACT ANGLE SAMPLE PROBLEMS FOR CONSIDERATION/TYPICAL QUESTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION/TYPICAL QUESTIONS
9 3 The Prevention of Fluid Cavitation A SHORT HISTORY OF CAVITATION IN FLUIDS THEORETICAL PREDICTION OF THE LINK BETWEEN DEGASSING AND CAVITATION PRESSURE QUESTIONS
10 4 Thermodynamics of Adsorption BASIC SURFACE THERMODYNAMICS THE GIBBS ADSORPTION ISOTHERM DETERMINATION OF SURFACTANT ADSORPTION DENSITIES SAMPLE PROBLEMS FOR CONSIDERATION/ TYPICAL QUESTIONS
11 5 Surfactants and Self‐Assembly INTRODUCTION TO SURFACTANTS THERMODYNAMICS OF SURFACTANT SELF‐ASSEMBLY SELF‐ASSEMBLED SURFACTANT STRUCTURES SAMPLE PROBLEMS FOR CONSIDERATION/TYPICAL QUESTIONS
12 6 PFAS Contamination BACKGROUND TO PFAS CONTAMINATION SO HOW DO WE REMOVE PFAS COMPOUNDS FROM THE ENVIRONMENT? A SURFACE CHEMISTRY APPROACH
13 7 Emulsions and Microemulsions THE CONDITIONS REQUIRED TO FORM EMULSIONS AND MICROEMULSIONS PHOTOGRAPHIC EMULSIONS EMULSIONS IN FOOD SCIENCE EMULSIONS USED FOR EXPLOSIVES IN MINING OPERATIONS
14 8 Charged Colloids THE FORMATION OF CHARGED COLLOIDS IN WATER THE DEBYE LENGTH THE SURFACE CHARGE DENSITY THE ZETA POTENTIAL THE HUCKEL EQUATION (κa < 0.1) THE SMOLUCHOWSKI EQUATION (κa > 100) CORRECTIONS TO THE SMOLUCHOWSKI EQUATION THE ZETA POTENTIAL AND FLOCCULATION THE INTERACTION BETWEEN ELECTRICAL DOUBLE LAYERS THE DERJAGUIN APPROXIMATION SAMPLE PROBLEMS FOR CONSIDERATION/TYPICAL QUESTIONS
15 9 Van Der Waals Forces and Colloid Stability HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENT OF VAN DER WAALS FORCES AND THE LENNARD‐JONES POTENTIAL DISPERSION FORCES RETARDED FORCES VAN DER WAALS FORCES BETWEEN MACROSCOPIC BODIES THEORY