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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    | ||
late nineteenth century,   | late 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==  | ||
*[[Hard core Yukawa | Repulsive hard core Yukawa potential]]  | *[[Hard core Yukawa | Repulsive hard core Yukawa potential]]  | ||
*[[C60#Girifalco potential | Girifalco potential]]  | *[[C60#Girifalco potential | Girifalco potential]]  | ||
==  | ==References==  | ||
'''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://physicsworldarchive.iop.org/full/pwa-pdf/9/4/phwv9i4a23.pdf Wilson Poon, Peter Pusey and Henk Lekkerkerker "Colloids in suspense", Physics World '''April'''  pp. 27-34 (1996)]  | *[http://physicsworldarchive.iop.org/full/pwa-pdf/9/4/phwv9i4a23.pdf Wilson Poon, Peter Pusey and Henk Lekkerkerker "Colloids in suspense", Physics World '''April'''  pp. 27-34 (1996)]  | ||
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/439545a Alfons van Blaaderen "Colloids get complex", Nature '''439''' pp. 545-546 (2006)]  | *[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/439545a 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  | |||
[[category:Complex systems]]  | [[category:Complex systems]]  | ||
[[category: mixtures]]  | [[category: mixtures]]  | ||
Revision as of 17:54, 11 March 2010
A colloid consists of small particles of one substance suspended in another, first described by Thomas Graham in the late nineteenth century [1].
Models
References
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