Topics On Diffusion In Emulsions

M Nichelatti

• Publisher: World Scientific
• Year: 1995
• Print ISBN: 9789810217891, 9789810217891
• eBook ISBN: 9789812831835
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Chemistry
• Index: Chemistry

This book describes some mathematical and physical aspects of emulsion behavior, starting from the fundamental theories of diffusion, Brownian movement and sedimentation of particles in a fluid (Chapters 1, 2 and 3 respectively). After a brief exposition of the basic concepts in discrete state space processes (Chapter 4), Chapter 5 shows some aspects of colloid aggregation phenomena presenting a new model to describe this process and uses the methods previously expounded. Chapters 6 and 7 discuss some of the most important data about the general and electrical properties of emulsions.The major emphasis is on the philosophy of stochastic process theory as a useful tool for the theoretical study of colloid and emulsion properties.

Table of contents

• CONTENTS
• ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
• PREFACE
• 1. DIFFUSION
• 2. BROWNIAN MOTION
• 3. SEDIMENTATION
• 4. DISCRETE STATE SPACE PROCESSES
• 5. SOME PROPERTIES OF COLLOIDS
• 6. EMULSIONS: GENERAL PROPERTIES
• 7. EMULSIONS: ELECTROKINETIC PROPERTIES
• APPENDIX 1.PROOF OF EQUATION (1.10)
• APPENDIX 2.MARKOV PROCESSES AND MASTER EQUATION
• APPENDIX 3.THE FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION
• APPENDIX 4.THE LAPLACIAN OPERATOR IN SPHERICAL POLAR COORDINATES
• APPENDIX 5.SOLVING A DIFFERENTIAL EQUATION USING THE METHOD OF CHARACTERISTICS
• REFERENCES
• INDEX