This updated second edition reflects the significant increases in understanding of interfacial phenomena since the original edition was published. It presents a concise summary of the governing principles in interfacial interactions, emphasizing equilibrium phenomena, flow, transport, and stability. This edition includes a new chapter on mass transfer measurements and key experimental techniques for the determination of microstructure in colloidal dispersion and surfactant systems. It also includes expanded coverage of surfactant—polymer interactions and transport effects on interfacial stability.

From the Preface: “...While we discuss some new applications in this expanded second edition, we have retained the chief objective of the first edition: a concise summary of the fundamentals with emphasis on equilibrium phenomena followed by chapters on flow, transport and stability of interfaces understandable to graduate students and others entering the field but also useful to researchers whose major focus is not on dynamic interfacial phenomena...”

Target Audience: Researchers, scientists, and upper-level students concerned with surface and colloid chemistry, materials science, and chemical process control.

Table of Contents:

Fundamentals of Interfacial Tension

Fundamentals of Wetting, Comtact Angle, and Adsorption

Colloidal Dispersions

Surfactants

Interfaces in Motion: Stability and Wave Motion

Transport Effects on Interfacial Phenomena

Size, Shape, Structure, Diffusivity, and Mass Transfer

Index