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This versatile reference reviews a wide range of fundamental concepts, recent developments,
and practical applications in dispersion theory, along with relevant insights from colloidal and
interfacial science. It focuses on topics as varied as electrostatics, hydrodynamics, and rheology, and
includes never-before published results on the Navier-Stokes equations, surface forces, Lifshitz theory,
adhesive contact theory, and stabilization of fine-particle dispersions.
Solid—Liquid Dispersions also provides general descriptions and classifications of colloidal
dispersions; analyzes the interparticle, electrostatic, and structural forces at work within colloids; details
processes such as coagulation, flocculation, sedimentation, and filtration; addresses adsorption phenomena
in aqueous and nonaqueous systems; describes suitable additives for dispersions; and more.
From the Preface: “...The objective of this book is to review the fundamentals of dispersion
theory together with the relevant aspects of colloidal and interfacial science and also recent developments
in theory. It fills the need for a textbook that assumes a knowledge of elementary physical chemistry
but no prior knowledge of colloid science and takes the subject through to a point where the reader
can tackle the research literature with reasonable confidence. Hopefully, such a treatment will
provide some grasp of the many areas that now form the basis of dispersion theory: dispersion forces,
electrostatics, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, hydrodynamics, and rheology, to name a few...”
Target Audience: Surface, polymer, colloid, organic, inorganic, and physical chemists; chemical
and process engineers; biologists, biochemists, physiologists, biophysicists, and theoretical biologists;
and upper-level students of these disciplines.
Table of Contents:
Introduction to Solid—Liquid Dispersions
Preparation of Dispersions
Behavior of Colloidal Dispersions
Hydrodynamics of Colloidal Dispersions
Colloidal Dispersion Forces
Electrical Phenomena at the Solid—Liquid Interface
Structural Forces and Adhesive Contact Theory
Thermodynamics of Colloidal Dispersions
Adsorption at the Solid—Liquid Interface
Structure of Adsorbate
Concentrated Dispersions
Index
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