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Chapter 1: The Nature of Colloids. |
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| 1 INTRODUCTION. |
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| 2 COLLOIDS IN ACTION. |
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| 3 CONCENTRATED COLLOIDAL DISPERSIONS. |
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| 4 INTERFACES. |
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| 5 SURFACTANTS. |
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| 6 SOLUTION POLYMERS. |
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| 7 SUMMARY. |
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Chapter 2: Macromolecules and Surfactants. |
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| 1 INTRODUCTION. |
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| 2 MACROMOLECULAR DEFINITIONS. |
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| 3 CONFORMATIONS IN DILUTE SOLUTIONS. |
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| 4 THE FLORY–HUGGINS THEORY OF POLYMER SOLUTIONS. |
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| 5 POLYMER SOLUTION PHASE BEHAVIOUR. |
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| 6 POLYMERS AT SURFACES. |
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| 7 POLYMER CHARACTERIZATION. |
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| 8 SURFACTANTS IN SOLUTION. |
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Chapter 3: Interactions between Colloidal Particles. |
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| 1 INTRODUCTION. |
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| 2 INTERMOLECULAR ATTRACTION. |
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| 3 COMPLEX NUMBER MANIPULATION. |
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| 4 DISPERSION FORCES BETWEEN PARTICLES. |
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| 5 RETARDED DISPERSION FORCES. |
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| 6 THE GENERAL OR LIFSHITZ THEORY OF DISPERSION FORCES BETWEEN PARTICLES. |
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| 7 SUMMARY AND CALCULATION GUIDE. |
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| 8 CALCULATION STRATEGY. |
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| 9 THE DEPLETION INTERACTION. |
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Chapter 4: Forces of Repulsion. |
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| 1 INTRODUCTION. |
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| 2 ELECTROSTATIC INTERACTIONS. |
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| 3 THE ORIGINS OF SURFACE CHARGE. |
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| 4 THE INTERACTION BETWEEN DIFFUSE DOUBLE LAYERS. |
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| 5 THE INTERACTION BETWEEN TWO SPHERES. |
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| 6 THE EFFECT OF PARTICLE CONCENTRATION. |
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| 7 STERIC INTERACTIONS. |
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| 8 CALCULATION STRATEGY. |
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Chapter 5: The Stability of Dispersions. |
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| 1 INTRODUCTION. |
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| 2 THE STABILITY OF CHARGE-STABILIZED COLLOIDS – THE DVLO THEORY. |
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| 3 MECHANISMS OF AGGREGATION. |
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| 4 HETERO-COAGULATION AND HETERO-FLOCCULATION. |
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| 5 THE RATE OF COAGULATION. |
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| 6 AGGREGATION IN FLOWING DISPERSIONS. |
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Chapter 6: The Wetting of Surfaces by Liquids. |
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| 1 INTRODUCTION. |
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| 2 THE CONTACT ANGLE. |
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| 3 METHODS FOR THE MEASUREMENT OF CONTACT ANGLE. |
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| 4 CONTACT ANGLE HYSTERESIS. |
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| 5 SPREADING. |
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| 6 CURVED SURFACES. |
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| 7 CAPILLARITY. |
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| 8 TEMPERATURE EFFECTS. |
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Chapter 7: Emulsions and Microemulsions. |
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| 1 INTRODUCTION. |
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| 2 EMULSIFICATION. |
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| 3 STABILITY OF EMULSIONS. |
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| 4 MICROEMULSIONS. |
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Chapter 8: Characterization of Colloidal Particles. |
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| 1 INTRODUCTION. |
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| 2 PARTICLE SIZE. |
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| 3 MICROSCOPY. |
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| 4 ZONAL METHODS. |
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| 5 SCATTERING METHODS. |
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| 6 ANALYSIS OF SCATTERED RADIATION. |
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| 7 NEUTRON REFLECTION. |
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| 8 DYNAMIC LIGHT SCATTERING. |
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| 9 CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF PARTICLES. |
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| 10 VISCOSITIES OF DISPERSIONS. |
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| REFERENCES. |
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Chapter 9: Concentrated Dispersions. |
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| 1 INTRODUCTION. |
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| 2 THE STRUCTURE OF CONCENTRATED DISPERSIONS. |
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| 3 RHEOLOGY. |
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| 4 LINEAR VISCOELASTICITY OF COLLOIDAL DISPERSIONS. |
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| 5 PHENOMENOLOGY. |
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