Surface and Colloid Science

1. Polymers at Interfaces and in Disperse Systems.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Polymers at Interfaces.- 2.1. General Features.- 2.2. Theoretical Approaches.- 2.3. Experimental Approaches.- 2.4. Experimental Results.- 3. Particle Interactions in the Presence of Polymers.- 3.1. General Features.- 3.2. Theoretical Approaches.- 3.3. Experimental Approaches.- 4. Dispersion Stability in the Presence of Polymers.- 4.1. General Features.- 4.2. Theoretical Approaches.- 4.3. Experimental Approaches.- References.- 2. Characterization of Aqueous Colloids by Their Electrical Double-Layer and Intrinsic Surface Chemical Properties.- 1. Introduction.- 1.1. Overview.- 1.2. Origins.- 1.3. Ionization and Complexation Models.- 2. Experimental Characterization of Ionizable Surfaces and Colloids: Model-Independent Properties.- 2.1. Overview.- 2.2. Composition and Morphology.- 2.3. Surface Area.- 2.4. Types and Densities of Ionizable Surface Sites.- 2.5. Electrochemical Properties of Hydrosols.- 3. Electrical Double-Layer Models for Ionizable Surfaces and Colloids.- 3.1. Simple Diffuse Layer Models.- 3.2. Electrolyte Binding or Complexation Double-Layer Models.- References.- 3. Selective Flotation and Its Surface Chemical Characteristics.- 1. Main Features of the Flotation Process.- 1.1. Introduction.- 1.2. Industrial Applications of Flotation.- 1.3. Components of Flotation Systems.- 1.4. Technological Flexibility of Flotation.- 1.5. Criterion of Floatability.- 2. Surface Chemistry in Selective Flotation Systems.- 2.1. Contrasts and Similarities between Mono-Polar Collector-Acting Surfactants.- 2.2. Thio-Collector Adsorption on Metallic Sulfides.- 2.3. Flotation with Nonthio Collectors.- 2.4. Multipolar Surfactants used as Collectors, Chelating Agents, or Depressants-Types and Structures.- 2.5. Surfactants Acting as Flotation Frothers.- 2.6. Mechanisms of Particle-Bubble Attachment.- 2.7. Kinetics of Flotation.- 3. Technology of Selective Flotation.- 3.1. Flowsheet Development.- 3.2. Instrumentation of Circuits and Modeling of Flotation Systems.- 4. Summary.- References.- 4. Interfacial Chemistry of Mineral Processing Separations.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Classification of Separation Methods in the Field of Mineral Processing.- 3. Physicochemical Methods of Separation.- 3.1. Classification of Various Methods.- 3.2. Effect of Particle Size.- 3.3. Flotation Methods.- 3.4. Colloidal Separation Methods.- 4. Physicochemical Beneficiation Processes.- References.- 5. The Suspension Effect.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Brief Historical Review of Principal Investigations of the Suspension Effect.- 3. On the Method of Determination of the Suspension Effect.- 4. The Principal Regularities of the Suspension Effect in Simple Disperse Systems with One Disperse Component.- 4.1. Universality of the Suspension Effect.- 4.2. The Relationship between the Sign of the Suspension Effect and That of the Particle Charge.- 4.3. Dependence of the Value of the Suspension Effect on the Concentration of the Particles.- 4.4. Dependence of the Value of the Suspension Effect on the Size of the Particles.- 4.5. Dependence of the Value of the Suspension Effect on the Charge Density and Potential of the Particles.- 4.6. Dependence of the Value of the Suspension Effect on the Concentration of Cross-Linking Agent in an Ion-Exchange Resin.- 4.7. Dependence of the Value of the Suspension Effect on the Concentration of Electrolyte in the Equilibrium Liquid and the Salt Bridge.- 4.8. Temperature Dependence of the Suspension Effect.- 5. On the Nature of the Suspension Effect.- 6. Experimental Confirmation of the Regularities in the Suspension Effect for Dispersions of Ion-Exchange Resins Following from Equation (46).- 7. Methods of Investigation of the Properties of Disperse Systems Based on the Suspension Effect.- 7.1. Determination of the Sign of the Particle Charge.- 7.2. Determination of the Isoelectric Point.- 7.3. Estimation of the Specific Surface.- 7.4. Estimation of the Location of Fixed Charge.- 7.5. Determination of Changes in the Transference Numbers of Ions by Disperse Systems.- 7.6. Determination of the Energy of Activation for Conductivity of Particles of Ion-Exchange Resins.- 8. The Suspension Effect of Mixtures Containing Particles of Different Natures.- 9. Conclusion.- References.- Author Index.