The properties of water and their role in colloidal and biological systems. (2008)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Carel Jan van Oss.
• Other Names: Van Oss, Carel J
• Contents: 1. General and Historical Introduction; ; SECTION A. NON-COVALENT ENERGIES OF INTERACTION - EQUATIONS AND COMBINING RULES; ; 2. The Apolar and Polar Properties of Liquid Water and other Condensed-phase Materials; ; 3. The Extended DLVO Theory; ; SECTION B: SURFACE THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES OF WATER WITH RESPECT TO CONDENSED-PHASE MATERIALS IMMERSED IN IT; ; 4. Determination of Interfacial Tensions Between Water and other Condensed-phase Materials; ; 5. The Interfacial Tension/Free Energy of Interaction Between Water and Identical Condensed-phase Entities, I, Immersed in Water, w; ; 6. The Interfacial Tension/Free Energy of Interaction between Water and Two Different Condensed-phase Entities, I, Immersed in Water, w; ; 7. Aqueous Solubility and Insolubility; ; 8. Stability Versus Flocculation of Aqueous Particle Suspensions; ; SECTION C: PHYSICAL AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF WATER; ; 9. Cluster Formation in Liquid Water; 10. Hydration Energies of Atoms and Small Molecules in Relation to Clathrate Formation; ; 11. The Water-air Interface; ; 12. 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 Surfaces; ; 13. Macroscopic and Microscopic Aspects of Repulsion Versus Attraction in Adsorption and Adhesion in Water; ; 14. Specific Interactions in Water; ; Bibliography
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2008
• Extent: 1 online resource (236 pages)
• Subjects: 546.22; Water -- Analysis; Water -- Properties; Surface chemistry; Surfaces (Physics)
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9780080921570; 0080921574
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