| Description |
xxi, 784 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
I. General Introduction -- II. Capillarity -- III. The Nature and Thermodynamics of Liquid Interfaces -- IV. Surface Films on Liquid Substrates -- V. Electrical Aspects of Surface Chemistry -- VI. Long-Range Forces -- VII. Surfaces of Solids -- VIII. Surfaces of Solids: Microscopy and Spectroscopy -- IX. The Formation of a New Phase-Nucleation and Crystal Growth -- X. The Solid-Liquid Interface - Contact Angle -- XI. The Solid-Liquid Interface - Adsorption from Solution -- XII. Friction, Lubrication and Adhesion -- XIII. Wetting, Flotation, and Detergency -- XIV. Emulsions, Foams, and Aerosols -- XV. Macromolecular Surface Films, Charged Films, and Langmuir-Blodgett Layers -- XVI. The Solid-Gas Interface - General Considerations -- XVII. Adsorption of Gases and Vapors on Solids -- XVIII. Chemisorption and Catalysis |
| Notes |
"A Wiley-Interscience publication." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Subject |
Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.
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Surface chemistry.
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Chemistry, Physical.
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Surface Properties.
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| Author |
Gast, Alice P. (Alice Petry), 1958-
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| LC no. |
97005929 |
| ISBN |
0471148733 (alk. paper) |
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