UID:
almahu_9949198480402882
Format:
XII, 348 p.
,
online resource.
Edition:
1st ed. 1979.
ISBN:
9781461579694
Content:
Surface science and colloid science are preeminently experimental subjects. They constitute complementary aspects of a field which has been notably active since World War II; there is every reason to expect that the level of activity will continue to rise in the coming decades, so it is timely to review certain experimental methods of surface and colloid science as they exist, and to evaluate and refine those methods. This volume, and others that will follow, are principally concerned with experimental methods. The working scientist needs access to the latest techniques, of course. He also needs to learn of the potentialities of recently developed techniques which he may not have been aware of. Equally important, or perhaps even more so, he needs to learn of the pitfalls of existing methods. One might say, wistfully, that it would be nice to be able to pick up somebody's description of a new piece of apparatus, to go into the laboratory, to build it, and to have it work, the first time! There is, however, a serious problem of the interaction between the experiment per se and the theory for which the experiment is designed. Very often, this interaction renders problematic the interpretation of "direct" observations. An example, from experience of the senior editor of this volume, is the question of contact angle hysteresis. (See Chapters 1 and 2.
Note:
1. Contact Angles and the Surface Free Energy of Solids -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Solid Surfaces -- 3. Thermodynamic Theory of Equilibrium Contact Angles on Ideal Solids -- 4. Contact Angles on Nonideal Surfaces, Dynamic Effects, and Hysteresis -- 5. Treatment of Contact Angle Data Obtained with a Series of Liquids on a Solid -- Appendix. Note on Recent Developments -- References -- 2. Techniques of Measuring Contact Angles -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Experimental Methods -- 3. Preparation of Liquids -- 4. Preparation of Solid Surfaces -- 5. Standards -- 6. Note on Liquid-Liquid-Solid Systems -- References -- 3. Pendant Drop Technique for Measuring Liquid Boundary Tensions -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Previous Experimental Studies -- 3. Theory -- 4. Experimental Apparatus -- 5. Calculation of Boundary Tension -- 6. Error Analysis -- References -- 4. Electrophoresis of Particles in Suspension -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Concept of the Electrical Double Layer -- 3. Mathematical Treatment of Migration in an Electric Field -- 4. Calculation of ?-Potentials and Surface Charge Densities -- 5. Principles of Experimental Methods -- 6. Experimental Assembly of the Rectangular Cell -- 7. Experimental Assembly of the Cylindrical Cell -- 8. Additional Precautions Necessary in Determination of Electrophoretic Mobility -- 9. Other Designs of Apparatus -- 10. Applications of the Particulate Electrophoresis Technique -- 11. Nomenclature and Units -- References -- 5. Methods of Producing Ultrahigh Vacuums and Measuring Ultralow Pressures -- 1. Introduction -- 2. General Problem of UHV -- 3. Pumps for UHV -- 4. Gauges for UHV -- 5. UHV Hardware -- 6. Surface Cleaning -- 7. Conclusion -- References -- 6. Electron Probe Microanalysis -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Fundamentals -- 3. Applications -- References -- 7. Research Techniques in Detergency -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Study of Practical Detergency -- 3. Study of Detergency as a Physicochemical Phenomenon -- References -- Author Index.
In:
Springer Nature eBook
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9781461579717
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9780306401084
Additional Edition:
Printed edition: ISBN 9781461579700
Language:
English
DOI:
10.1007/978-1-4615-7969-4
URL:
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-7969-4
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