Robert David / Yi Zuo / A.W Neumann (ed.)

Applied Surface Thermodynamics

Herausgeber: Neumann, A W; Zuo, Yi; David, Robert

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Surface thermodynamics forms the foundation of any meaningful study of capillarity and wetting phenomena. This second edition offers a comprehensive state-of-the-art treatment of this critical topic. It provides students and researchers with fundamental knowledge and practical guidelines in solving real-world problems related to the measurement and interpretation of interfacial properties. New topics include recent progress in Axisymmetric Drop Shape Analysis (ADSA), image processing methods for drop shape analysis, advanced applications and generalizations of ADSA, recent studies of contact angle hysteresis, contact angles on inert fluoropolymers, and an update on line tension and the drop size dependence of contact angles.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor and Francis
• 2nd edition
• Seitenzahl: 766
• Erscheinungstermin: 13. Oktober 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 243mm x 161mm x 47mm
• Gewicht: 1213g
• ISBN-13: 9780849396878
• ISBN-10: 0849396875
• Artikelnr.: 31088054

Autorenporträt

A. W. Neumann is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering at the University of Toronto. He received his PhD in chemical physics from the University of Mainz in 1962. Robert David is a Postdoctoral Fellow in the Departments of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering and Cell and Systems Biology at the University of Toronto. He received his PhD in Mechanical Engineering from MIT in 2006. Yi Zuo is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He received his PhD in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering from the University of Toronto in 2006.

Inhaltsangabe

Outline of the Generalized Theory of Capillarity.Thermodynamics of Simple
Axisymmetric Capillary Systems. Axisymmetric Drop Shape Analysis (ADSA).
Image Analysis for Automatic Measurement of Surface Tension and Contact
Angle. Generalization and Advanced Application of Axisymmetric Drop Shape
Analysis. Contact Angle Measurements: General Procedures and Approaches.
Thermodynamic Status of Contact Angles. Interpretation of Contact Angles.
Contact Angles and Solid Surface Tensions. Theoretical Approaches for
Estimating Solid-Liquid Interfacial Tensions. Wettability and Surface
Tension of Particles. Behavior of Particles at Solidification Fronts. Line
Tension and the Drop Size Dependence of Contact Angles. Index.