Edited by
J. Lyklema, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
Description
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Fundamentals of Interface and Colloid Science (FICS) is a standard reference work with an educational nature. The
emphasis is on the basic facts and phenomena, which are systematically explained.
FICS aims to make interface and
colloid science accessible to a wide audience. Interface and colloid science is an important and fascinating field, but one that is often
overlooked and undervalued. It has applications as diverse as agriculture, mineral dressing, oil recovery, industrial chemistry, medical
science and biotechnology.
A deductive approach is followed, with systems of growing complexity being treated as the book progresses.
Volume I: Fundamentals (1st ed. 1991, 2nd ed. 1993) reviews the physical chemistry required to understand current literature on interfacial
and colloid science. The volume starts from first principles and gradually increases the level. Volume II: Solid-Liquid Interfaces (1995)
treats the subject systematically for the first time, including adsorption, double layers and electronkinetics.
Volume III: Interface
Tension covers interfacial tensions, monolayers and wetting.
Audience:
Physical chemists working in colloid, interface and surface science; Industrial/applied chemists working on pigment, emulsion, dispersion
and powder research; Pharmaceutical chemists working on membranes and drug formation.
