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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    | ||
mid 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==  | ||
*[[C60#Girifalco potential | Girifalco potential]]  | *[[C60#Girifalco potential | Girifalco potential]]  | ||
*[[Hard core Yukawa potential | Repulsive hard core Yukawa potential]]  | |||
*[[Zeta potential]]  | |||
*[[200-100 Lennard-Jones potential]]  | |||
==See also==  | |||
*[[Patchy particles]]  | |||
==References==  | ==References==  | ||
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'''Related reading'''  | '''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://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)]    | ||
Latest revision as of 14:46, 28 April 2011
A colloid consists of small particles of one substance suspended in another, first described by Thomas Graham in the mid nineteenth century [1].
Models[edit]
- Girifalco potential
 - Repulsive hard core Yukawa potential
 - Zeta potential
 - 200-100 Lennard-Jones potential
 
See also[edit]
References[edit]
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