Colloid Science provides a detailed understanding of the formation, control and application of colloid systems as required in the food, pharmaceutical, agrochemical, cosmetics, polymer, paint and oil industries.

Based on lectures given at the highly successful Bristol Colloid Centre Spring School, Colloid Science: Principles, Methods and Applications provides a thorough introduction to colloid science for industrial chemists, technologists and engineers.

Contents

1. 1 An Introduction to Colloids
2. Charge in Colloidal Systems
3. Stability of Charge-stabilised Colloids
4. Surfactant Aggregation and Adsorption at Interfaces
5. Microemulsions
6. Emulsions
7. Polymers and Polymer Solutions
8. Polymers at Interfaces
9. Effect of Polymers on Colloid Stability
10. Wetting of Surfaces
11. Aerosols
12. Practical Rheology
13. Scattering and Reflection Techniques
14. Optical Manipulation
15. Electron Microscopy
16. Surface Forces

Index

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