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The Properties of Water and their Role in Colloidal and Biological Systems
- 1st Edition, Volume 16 - September 16, 2008
- Author: Carel Jan van Oss
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 7 5 9 6 - 2
- Hardback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 3 7 4 3 0 3 - 9
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 0 8 - 0 9 2 1 5 7 - 0
This book treats the different current as well as unusual and hitherto often unstudied physico-chemical and surface-thermodynamic properties of water that govern all polar… Read more
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- Measures the degree of cluster formation of water molecules
- Discusses the influence of temperature on the cluster size of water molecules
- Treats the multitudinous effects of the hyper-hydrophobicity of the water-air interface
1. General and Historical IntroductionSECTION A. NON-COVALENT ENERGIES OF INTERACTION – EQUATIONS AND COMBINING RULES2. The Apolar and Polar Properties of Liquid Water and other Condensed-phase Materials3. The Extended DLVO Theory
SECTION B: SURFACE THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF WATER WITH RESPECT TO CONDENSED-PHASE MATERIALS IMMERSED IN IT4. Determination of Interfacial Tensions Between Water and other Condensed-phase Materials5. The Interfacial Tension/Free Energy of Interaction Between Water and Identical Condensed-phase Entities, I, Immersed in Water, w6. The Interfacial Tension/Free Energy of Interaction between Water and Two Different Condensed-phase Entities, I, Immersed in Water, w 7. Aqueous Solubility and Insolubility8. Stability Versus Flocculation of Aqueous Particle Suspensions
SECTION C: PHYSICAL AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF WATER9. Cluster Formation in Liquid Water10. Hydration Energies of Atoms and Small Molecules in Relation to Clathrate Formation11. The Water-air Interface12. Influence of the pH and the Ionic Strength of Water on Contact Angles Measured with Drops of Aqueous Solutions on Electrically Charged, Amphoteric and Uncharged Surfaces13. Macroscopic and Microscopic Aspects of Repulsion Versus Attraction in Adsorption and Adhesion in Water14. Specific Interactions in Water
- No. of pages: 236
- Language: English
- Edition: 1
- Volume: 16
- Published: September 16, 2008
- Imprint: Academic Press
- Paperback ISBN: 9780080975962
- Hardback ISBN: 9780123743039
- eBook ISBN: 9780080921570
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