Colloid And Surface Properties Of Clays And Related Minerals

This book provides an introduction to clay mineralogy and common minerals in general, and a summary of modern colloid chemistry. It presents most of the data generated on the surface properties of clays and other mineral particles, in the decade from 1988 to 1998.

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Discusses measuring the surface properties of flat or particulate solids with contact angles of drops of high-energy liquids deposited on solid surfaces or via the thin-layer wicking technique. It focuses on Lifshitz-van der Waals, Lewis acid-base, and electrical double layer interactions.