Interfaces, Surfactants and Colloids in Engineering [Paperback]

The 37th General Meeting of the German Colloid Society, held in Dresden, September 1995, is the basis of this volume. It points to the important role that interface phenomena play in technological processes. This volume deals with theory and application aspects in the fields of
- preparation and stability of dispersions and emulsions;
- adsorption of surfactants;
- polyelectrolytes and neutral polymers on solid surfaces
- wetting processes and
- electrokinetic phenomena.
Investigations on new methods to characterize interfaces, surfactants and colloids are also presented.Opening address at the 37th General Meeting in Dresden.- Wolfgang-Ostwald-Prize recipient 1995: Prof. Dr. Hans Sonntag.- Thomas-Graham-Medal recipient 1995: Prof. Dr. Johannes Lyklema.- Interfacial behaviour of biomacromolecules.- Vapor pressure of phenethyl alcohol in the system with water, and polyoxyethylene, 4, lauryl ether (Brij? 30).- Interactions of a water-soluble polymeric detergent additive (polycarboxylate) with clay minerals from soil.- Some colloid-chemical features of emulsion polymerisation.- Monodispersed colloids: preparations and interactions.- Surface forces in wetting, flotation and capillary phenomena.- Adsorption of block polymers on well-defined silica surfaces.- Wetting measurements on smooth, rough and porous solid surfaces.- Unsaturated monoethanolamide ethoxylates as paint surfactants.- Switching flow and phase behavior in surfactant systems via photochemical reactions.- Film formation from polymer latices.- Flow-induced deformation of microcapsules.- The problem of stability of a silica hydrosol in presence of various aliphatic alcohols.- Stability and demulsification of petroleum emulsions.- Physico-chemical basics of microemulsions with alkyl polyglycosides.- Applications of microemulsions with different compositions in detergents technique.- Colloid stability of hydrophylic latexes.- Influence of polymeric auxils$