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Author Birdi, K. S., 1934-

Title Surface and colloid chemistry : principles and applications / K.S. Birdi
Published Boca Raton : CRC Press, ©2010

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 244 pages) : illustrations
Contents Introduction to surfaces and colloids -- Capillarity and surface forces (liquids) -- Surfactants (soaps and detergents) and physicochemical properties -- Spread lipid films on liquid surfaces (langmuir-blodgett films) -- Solid surfaces : adsorption -- Wetting, adsorption, and cleaning processes -- Colloidal systems -- Thin liquid films -- Emulsions, microemulsions, and lyotropic liquid crystals -- Diverse applications of surface and colloid chemistry in science and industry
Summary Grounded in real applications, this volume provides an introduction to the fundamentals and applications of surface and colloid chemistry. Presenting an overview of liquid surfaces, it also describes the liquid - solid interface phenomena, colloid chemistry systems, emulsion science aspects, and more complex issues
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Surface chemistry.
Colloids.
Colloids -- chemistry
Surface Properties
Chemical Phenomena
SCIENCE -- Chemistry -- Physical & Theoretical.
Colloids
Surface chemistry
Chemistry.
Industrial chemistry & chemical engineering.
Materials science.
Physical chemistry.
Science.
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2009028978
ISBN 9781420095043
1420095048
9781420095036
142009503X
1282312146
9781282312142
0429142439
9780429142437
9786612312144
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