胶体和表面化学导论

PrefaceThisbookhasbeenwrittentofillagapintheliteraturebyofferingastandardandoverallcoverageofcolloidandsurfacechemistryintermediatebetweenthebriefaccountsfoundinmosttextbooksofphysicalchemistryandthecomprehensiveaccountsfoundinspecializedtreatiesoncolloidand/orsurfacechemistry.Inwritingthebook，Ihavekeptanumberofaudiencesinmind-particularly：universityandpolytechnicstudentsstudyingforanhonoursdegreeoritsequivalent，orcommencingaprogrammeofpostgraduateresearch;scientistsinindustrywhodesireabroadbackgroundinasubjectwhichmayhavebeensomewhatneglectedduringacademictraining;andthoseinterestedinbranchesofnaturalscience，forwhomanunderstandingofcolloidandsurfacephenomenaisessential.Thesubjectmatteris，ingeneral，approachedfromafundamentalangle，andthereaderisassumedtopossessaknowledgeofthebasicprinciplesofphysicalchemistry.Opportunitieshavealsobeentakentodescribemanyofthepracticalapplicationsofthissubject.Inaddition，somenumericalproblems(withanswers)andalistofreferencesforfurtherreading(mainlybooksandreviewarticles)aregivenattheendofthebook.Thegeneralcharacterosthisfourthedidionissimilartothatofthethirdedition.Thetexthasbeenrevisedandupdatedthroughout，themajorchangebeingtheextensionofChapter5toincludeasectiononthecompositionandstructureofsolidsurfaces.Iwishtothankmycolleagues，particularlyDrA.L.Smith，fortheirmanyhelpfulsuggestions，andmywife，Ann，forherhelpinpreparingthemanusciptandcheckingthetext.D.J.S