Surface and Colloid Science

1. Electrochemistry of Oil-Water Interfaces.- 1. Potential Difference at Oil-Water Interfaces.- 2. Electrocapillarity.- 3. Binding at Oil-Water Interfaces.- 4. Electrocapillary Emulsification.- 5. Coalescence of Droplets.- 6. Potential Distribution of Membrane Systems.- Abbreviations.- Notation.- References.- 2. Kinetic Theory of Flotation of Small Particles.- 1. Specific Features of the Mechanism Involving Fixation of Small Particles on the Surface of a Bubble.- 2. Specific Features of the Mechanism of Transfer of Small Particles to the Bubble Surface.- 3. Quantitative Theory of Flotation of Small and Medium-Sized Spherical Particles.- 4. Quantitative Experimental Research into Flotation of Small Particles.- 5. Detachment of Small Particles in Contactless Flotation and the Dynamic Adsorption Layer of a Bubble.- 6. Nonequilibrium Surface Forces in Flotation.- 7. Collision Efficiency and Flotation Kinetics.- 8. Influence of Aggregation of the Particles on the Elementary Act of Inertia-free Flotation.- 9. Flotation of Submicron Particles.- 10. Conclusions.- Notation.- References.- 3. Specifically Impermeable Precipitate Membranes.- 1. Introduction.- 2. The Hirsch Effect.- 3. Precipitate Formation by Double Diffusion in Gels.- 4. Place of First Formation of Precipitate Lines in Double Diffusion in Gels.- 5. Evolution of Precipitate Lines in Double Diffusion as a Function of Reagent Concentration and Time.- 6. Nondiffusion Methods for Generating Precipitate Lines.- 7. Single-Diffusion Precipitation.- 8. Liesegang Phenomenon.- 9. Biological Precipitate Membranes.- References.- 4. Dynamic Surface Tension and Capillary Waves.- 1. Introduction: Surface Constitutive Equations.- 2. General Theoretical Discussion.- 3. General Remarks on Ripple Methods for the Study of Dynamic Surface Tension.- 4. Interfacial Wave Methods.- 5. The Spectroscopy of Ripples.- 6. Appendix: Reduction of the Determinant Given by Hansen et al..- References.- 5. Digital-Computer-Oriented Numerical Analysis in Surface Chemistry.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Nonlinear Least-Squares Analysis.- 3. Analysis of Model Stability to Small Errors: Prediction Analysis.- 4. Methods.- 5. Appendix.- References.- 6. Advances in Experimental Techniques for Mercury Intrusion Porosimetry.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Mercury Intrusion Instruments.- 3. Sample Selection and Preparation.- 4. Low-Pressure Intrusion Measurements.- 5. High-Pressure Intrusion Measurements.- 6. Rate of Pressurization.- 7. Presentation of Intrusion Results.- 8. Microcomputers and Porosimeters.- 9. Testing Particulate Materials.- 10. Other Useful Information Available from an Intrusion Experiment.- 11. Closing Statement.- References.- 7. The Contact Angle of Mercury on the Internal Surfaces of Porous Bodies: A Footnote to D. N. Winslow’s Review of Porosimetry.- 1. Introduction.- References.- Author Index.