Index
Activation energy for chemisorp-
tion, 117-19,136
Adhesion:
of particles to solid surfaces, 1,
165-6,224-5, work of, 93-4,
154-5,158-9,165-6
Adhesional wetting, 151,154-5,158
Adsorbate, 115
Adsorbent, 115
Adsorption, 4
activation energy of, 117-19,128-
9,136
competitive, 129,169-71
energetics of, 80-83,115-19,128-
31,132-4,135
equation, Gibbs, 80-84,90,97,
103,175
hysteresis, 125-6,134
of gases and vapours on solids, 6,
115-36,139-43,145-8
of ions, 175-6,181-4,186,211,
215,227-8,241-42
isobars, 119
isotherms, 115,117,121-3,125-6,
128-36,169-73
at liquid-gas and liquid-liquid
interfaces, 71-84,96-114
of lyophilic material, 171,210,
235-41
negative, 77-78,169-70,175
rate of, 79-80,116-19, 212,233,
275
from solution on to solids, 12,
158-73,175-6,181-4,235-41
Adsorptive, 115
Aerosols, 1,4,6
Ageing of dispersions, 11,68-9
Aggregation, 3,7,12,35,53,210-
43, 244,253-5,263-6,269
Agrochemicals, 1,262
Amphiphilic, definition of, 77
Antifoaming agents, 276
Association colloids, 3,17,84-93,
160,167,262
Asymmetry, 3,6-7,23-4,28-9,
44-5,53,54,61,244,250,251
Auger electron spectroscopy (AES),
140-43
Averages, 8-10,40,53, 252
Avogadro constant, 25-6
Axial ratio, 7, 23-4, 250Bancroft rule, 267
Barium sulphate sol, 12-13
B.E.T. adsorption isotherm
equation, 131-2,134-6
Bingham plasticity, 253-4
Biological membranes, 87-8,113-
14
Born repulsion, 117,219
Breaking of emulsions, 269
Brownian motion, 21,23-8,53,57,
61-2,193,229,255
Brunauer classification of adsorption
isotherms, 121-3,131-2Capacity of electric double layer,
182,185, 187