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A '''colloid''' consists of small particles of one substance suspended in another, first described by Thomas Graham in the | A '''colloid''' consists of small particles of one substance suspended in another, first described by Thomas Graham in the | ||
late nineteenth century, | late nineteenth century <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/JS8641700318 Thomas Graham F.R.S. "On the properties of silicic acid and other analogous colloidal substances", Journal of the Chemical Society '''17''' pp. 318-327 (1864)]</ref>. | ||
==Models== | ==Models== | ||
*[[Hard core Yukawa | Repulsive hard core Yukawa potential]] | *[[Hard core Yukawa | Repulsive hard core Yukawa potential]] | ||
*[[C60#Girifalco potential | Girifalco potential]] | *[[C60#Girifalco potential | Girifalco potential]] | ||
== | ==References== | ||
'''Related reading''' | |||
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0031-8914(37)80203-7 H.C. Hamaker "The London-van der Waals attraction between spherical particles", Physica '''4''' pp. 1058-1072 (1937)] | |||
*[http://physicsworldarchive.iop.org/full/pwa-pdf/9/4/phwv9i4a23.pdf Wilson Poon, Peter Pusey and Henk Lekkerkerker "Colloids in suspense", Physics World '''April''' pp. 27-34 (1996)] | *[http://physicsworldarchive.iop.org/full/pwa-pdf/9/4/phwv9i4a23.pdf Wilson Poon, Peter Pusey and Henk Lekkerkerker "Colloids in suspense", Physics World '''April''' pp. 27-34 (1996)] | ||
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/439545a Alfons van Blaaderen "Colloids get complex", Nature '''439''' pp. 545-546 (2006)] | *[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/439545a Alfons van Blaaderen "Colloids get complex", Nature '''439''' pp. 545-546 (2006)] | ||
'''Books''' | |||
* W. B. Russel, D. A. Saville and W. R. Schowalter "Colloidal Dispersions", Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics (1989) ISBN 9780521426008 | |||
[[category:Complex systems]] | [[category:Complex systems]] | ||
[[category: mixtures]] | [[category: mixtures]] |
Revision as of 17:54, 11 March 2010
A colloid consists of small particles of one substance suspended in another, first described by Thomas Graham in the late nineteenth century [1].
Models
References
Related reading
- H.C. Hamaker "The London-van der Waals attraction between spherical particles", Physica 4 pp. 1058-1072 (1937)
- Wilson Poon, Peter Pusey and Henk Lekkerkerker "Colloids in suspense", Physics World April pp. 27-34 (1996)
- Alfons van Blaaderen "Colloids get complex", Nature 439 pp. 545-546 (2006)
Books
- W. B. Russel, D. A. Saville and W. R. Schowalter "Colloidal Dispersions", Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics (1989) ISBN 9780521426008