Progress in Surface and Membrane Science (eBook)

Front Cover 1
Progress in Surface and Membrane Science 4
Copyright Page 5
Table of Contents 6
CONTRIBUTORS 10
CONTENTS OF RECENT VOLUMES 12
CHAPTER 1. STATISTICAL THERMODYNAMICS OF MONOLAYER ADSORPTION FROM GAS AND LIQUID MIXTURES ON HOMOGENEOUS AND HETEROGENEOUS SOLID SURFACES 14
I. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS 15
II. LOCALIZED ADSORPTION OF GASES ON SOLIDS 21
III. MOBILE ADSORPTION OF GASES ON SOLIDS 35
IV. PARTIALLY MOBILE ADSORPTION OF GASES ON SOLIDS 40
V. ADSORPTION FROM LIQUID MIXTURES ON SOLIDS 55
VI. APPROXIMATE MODELS FOR ADSORPTION OF MIXTURES WITH LATERAL INTERACTIONS 62
REFERENCES 71
CHAPTER 2. STRUCTURE OF THE BOUNDARY LAYERS OF LIQUIDS AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE MASS TRANSFER IN FINE PORES 82
I. THEORETICAL CONSIDERATION 83
II. STRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES OF THE BOUNDARY LAYERS OF LIQUIDS 88
III. MASS TRANSFER IN FINE PORES 114
IV. CONCLUSION 130
References 132
CHAPTER 3. COUPLING OF IONIC AND NONELECTROLYTE FLUXES IN ION SELECTIVE MEMBRANES 144
I. INTRODUCTION 144
II. GENERAL CONSIDERATION OF THE COUPLING EFFECT OF IONIC AND NONELECTROLYTE FLUXES IN A MEMBRANE POTENTIAL FROM THE VIEW-POINT OF THE THERMODYNAMICS OF IRREVERSIBLE PROCESSES 145
III. EFFECT OF IONIC AND SOLVENT FLUXES COUPLING IN THE POTENTIAL OF A MEMBRANE WITH FIXED CHARGES 155
IV. EFFECT OF COUPLING OF FLUXES IN A MEMBRANE POTENTIAL FOR A SYSTEM WITH SPECIFICALLY INTERACTING NEUTRAL AND IONIC COMPONENTS 166
V. CONCLUSIONS 182
REFERENCES 184
CHAPTER 4. ELECTROCATALYTIC PROPERTIES OF METALLOPORPHINS AT THE INTERFACE 188
I. INTRODUCTION 188
II. ELECTROPHYSICAL AND CATALYTIC PROPERTIES OF METALLOPORPHINS 190
III. KINETICS AND MECHANISM OF OXYGEN ELECTROREDUCTION ON METAL-LOPORPHINS 205
IV. THE USE OF ORGANIC COMPLEXES OF METALS FOR CREATING GASDIFFUSION ELECTRODES 225
V. ELECTROCHEMICAL REACTIONS OF HYDROGEN PEROXIDE AND OTHER ELECTROCATALYTIC REACTIONS 234
REFERENCES 241
CHAPTER 5. ADSORPTION FROM BINARY GAS AND LIQUID PHASES 250
1. INTRODUCTION 250
II. CONCEPTS OF EXCESS AND ABSOLUTE ADSORPTION 251
III. THERMODYNAMICS OF THE ADSORPTION OF SOLUTIONS 264
IV. ADSORPTION AT DIFFERENT INTERFACES 280
V. PREDICTION OF THE ADSORPTION OF MIXTURES FROM THE ADSORPTION PROPERTIES OF PURE COMPONENTS 287
VI. DETERMINATION OF THE SPECIFIC SURFACE AREA BY THE METHOD BASED ON ADSORPTION FROM SOLUTIONS 295
REFERENCES 298
CHAPTER 6. PHASE TRANSITIONS IN TWO-DIMENSIONAL AMPHlPHILIC SYSTEMS 304
I. INTRODUCTION 305
II. BILAYERS 308
III. MONOLAYERS 328
IV. THEORETICAL MODELS 339
V. CONCLUSION 353
References 355
CHAPTER 7. THE WETTABILITY OF SOLIDS BY LIQUID METALS 366
I. INTRODUCTION 367
II. GENERAL LAWS OF THE WETTING OF SOLIDS BY LIQUIDS.WETTABILITY BY LIQUID METALS 370
III. METHODS OF MEASURING THE WETTABILITY OF A SOLID BODY BY A LIQUID METAL 384
IV. THE WETTABILITY OF DIFFERENT CLASSES OF SOLIDS BY LIQUID METALS 393
V. CONCLUSION 483
References 483
INDEX 498