Table of Contents:
  • I. General Introduction
  • II. Capillarity
  • III. The Nature and Thermodynamics of Liquid Interfaces
  • IV. Surface Films on Liquid Substrates
  • V. Electrical Aspects of Surface Chemistry
  • VI. Long-Range Forces
  • VII. Surfaces of Solids
  • VIII. Surfaces of Solids: Microscopy and Spectroscopy
  • IX. The Formation of a New Phase-Nucleation and Crystal Growth
  • X. The Solid-Liquid Interface
  • Contact Angle
  • XI. The Solid-Liquid Interface
  • Adsorption from Solution
  • XII. Friction, Lubrication and Adhesion
  • XIII. Wetting, Flotation, and Detergency
  • XIV. Emulsions, Foams, and Aerosols
  • XV. Macromolecular Surface Films, Charged Films, and Langmuir-Blodgett Layers
  • XVI. The Solid-Gas Interface
  • General Considerations
  • XVII. Adsorption of Gases and Vapors on Solids
  • XVIII. Chemisorption and Catalysis.