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"The subject related to surface chemistry is recognized as being an important area of a special branch of chemistry in everyday life. Due to the extensive literature devoted to this subject, it was realized that a book comprising only essential coverage would be useful. Thus, the aim of this book is to present and describe the essential details of surface chemistry. This need also arises from the fact that the area of applications in industry of this science is now extensive. Most science students are taught physicochemical principles pertaining to gases, liquids, and solids. The matter around us is recognized to be made of these three states of matter. However, in university chemistry textbooks, only a chapter or two is devoted to the science of surfaceand colloid chemistry. At technical schools the case is the same; in general, it is the case worldwide. However, in the realm of applications of physicochemical in technology, the science of surface and colloid chemistry is one of the most important. Themost common examples include Soap bubbles Foam (fire fighting) Raindrops Combustion engines Food products (milk, cheese) Air pollution (fog, smog, sandstorms) Wastewater treatment Washing and cleaning Corrosion Cosmetics Paint and printing; adhesion; friction Oil and gas production, and shale oil/gas recovery (fracking process) Oil spills Plastics and polymers Biology and pharmaceuticals Milk products"--
List of contents
Introduction to Surface Chemistry Essentials. Capillarity and Surface Forces in Liquids (Curved Surfaces). Surfactants (Soaps and Detergents) Solutions: Essential Surface Properties. Monomolecular Lipid Films on Liquid Surfaces and Langmuir-Blodgett Films. Solid Surfaces: Adsorption and Desorption of different substances. Wetting, Adsorption and Cleaning Processes. Colloidal Dispersion Systems: Physicochemical Essential Properties. Gas Bubbles: Thin Liquid Films and Foams. Emulsions, Microemulsions, and Lyotropic Liquid Crystals. Essential Surface and Colloid Chemistry in Science and Industry. References. Appendix: Common Fundamental Constants.
About the author
Professor Birdi has worked at Standard Oil of California; Lever Bros. in Copenhagen, Denmark; and the Danish Technical University, Lyngby, Denmark. Dr. Birdi was appointed research professor in 1985, and in 1990 (through 1999) he was appointed as a professor at the School of Pharmacy in Copenhagen, Denmark. Professor Birdi has been a consultant to various national and international industries. He has been a member of various chemical societies and organizing committees of national and international meetings related to surface science (advisory member, 1985-1987, of the ACS journal Langmuir) . Professor Birdi is the author of some 100 papers and articles and has published diverse books, most recently Surface & Colloid Chemistry , CRC Press, 2010; and Introduction to Electrical Interfacial Phenomena , K.S. Birdi (Editor), 2010, CRC Press.
