Theory of the Stability of Lyophobic Colloids

This book presents an account of the stability of lyophobic colloids and suspensions and develops a quantitative theory on the subject. Major topics consist of the theory of a single double layer (with considerations of the distribution of the electric charge and the free energy of a double layer system); the interaction of two parallel flat plates (including the potential energy via free energy and the force, and the Van Der Waals - London attractive forces); and the interaction of spherical colloidal particles.