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Foundations of colloid science / Robert J. Hunter.

By: Hunter, Robert J.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2001Edition: 2nd ed.Description: xii, 806 p. : ill. ; 26 cm.ISBN: 0198505027; 9780198505020.Subject(s): Colloids | Chemistry | Fluid mechanics | Physical chemistry | Plastics & polymers | Materials science | Colloid chemistry | ScienceDDC classification: 541.345 HUN Summary: Colloid science is the study of systems involving small particles of one substance suspended in another. This revised edition starts with the basics, and includes exercises and development of the necessary theory.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

This is a completely revised, reorganised, and updated second edition of the classic textbook on colloid science, provided for the first time in a single volume. Colloid science is the study of systems involving small particles of one substance suspended in another. Suspensions of liquids form the basis of a wide variety of systems of scientific and technological importance including paints, inks, ceramics, cosmetics, soils, biological cells, and many food preparations. Although concentrating on systems involving suspensions of solids in water, the development here is made in terms which can be readily extended to the other less frequently encountered systems. The book explains the principles of colloid science, and provides a clear account of the fundamental physical and chemical concepts on which our understanding of colloidal systems depends. The accent is on making the theories accessible by providing all necessary development.

Previous ed.: 1987.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Colloid science is the study of systems involving small particles of one substance suspended in another. This revised edition starts with the basics, and includes exercises and development of the necessary theory.

Table of contents provided by Syndetics

  • 11 Introduction to Statistical Mechanics of Fluids
  • 12 Adsorption from Spectra
  • 13 The Electrokinetic Effects
  • 14 The Structure of Concentrated Dispersions
  • 15 Thin Films
  • 16 Emulsions
  • 17 Microemulsions
  • 18 Rheology of Colloidal Dispersions

Author notes provided by Syndetics

Dr Robert J. Hunter, School of Chemistry, University of Sydney, NSA 2006 Australia. hunter_r@chem.usyd.edu.au