Colloid and Surface Chemistry

This book covers major areas of modern Colloid and Surface Science (in some countries also referred to as Colloid Chemistry) which is a broad area at the intersection of Chemistry, Physics, Biology and Material Science investigating the disperse state of matter and surface phenomena in disperse systems. The book arises of and summarizes the progress made at the Colloid Chemistry Division of the Chemistry Department of Lomonosov Moscow State University (MSU) over many years of scientific, pedagogical and methodological work.

Throughout the book the presentation of fundamental theoretical and experimental approaches and results is combined with discussion of general scientific basis of their role in nature and applications in various technological processes.

Chapter headings. Surface phenomena and the structure of interfaces in one-component systems. The adsorption phenomena. Structure and properties of adsorption layers at the liquid-gas interface. Interfaces between condensed phases. Wetting. The formation of disperse systems. Transfer processes in disperse systems. Lyophilic colloidal systems. General causes for degradation and relative stability of lyophobic colloidal systems. Structure, stability and degradation of various lyophobic disperse systems. Principles of physical-chemical mechanics.