Colloid and Interface Chemistry for Water Quality Control

Addresses all the important physical-chemistry theories, links colloid and surface chemistry to water treatment applications

Qing Chang (Author)

9780128093153, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 10 May 2016

276 pages
22.9 x 15.1 x 2.2 cm, 0.61 kg

Colloid and Interface Chemistry for Water Quality Control provides basic but essential knowledge of colloid and interface science for water and wastewater treatment. Divided into two sections, chapters 1 to 8 presents colloid chemistry including simple history and basic concepts, diffusion and Brown Motion, sedimentation, osmotic pressure, optical properties, rheology properties, electric properties, emulsion, foam and gel, and so on; chapters 9 to provides interface chemistry theories including the surface of liquid, the surface of solution, and the surface of solid. This valuable book is the only one that presents colloid and interface chemistry from the water quality control perspective. This book was written for graduate students in the area of water treatment and environmental engineering, and it could be used as the reference for researchers and engineers in the same area.

1. Brief history of colloid and interface chemistry and basic concepts2. Diffusion and Brownian motion3. Sedimentation4. Osmotic pressure5. Optical properties6. Rheology properties7. Electrical properties8. Surface of liquid9. Surface of solution10. Surface of solid11. Emulsion, foam and gel

Subject Areas: Water purification & desalinization [TQSW1], Water supply & treatment [TQSW], Chemical engineering [TDCB], Microbiology [non-medical PSG]