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• Capillarity
• The Nature and Thermodynamics of Liquid Interfaces
• Surface Films on Liquid Substrates
• Electrical Aspects of Surface Chemistry
• Long-Range Forces
• Surfaces of Solids
• Surfaces of Solids: Microscopy and Spectroscopy
• The Formation of a New Phase-Nucleation and Crystal Growth
• The Solid-Liquid Interface_Contact Angle
• The Solid-Liquid Interface_Adsorption from Solution
• Frication, Lubrication, and Adhesion
• Wetting, Flotation, and Detergency
• Emulsions, Foams, and Aerosols
• Macromolecular Surface Films, Charged Films, and Langmuir-Blodgett Layers
• The Solid-Gas Interface_General Considerations
• Adsorption of Gases and Vapors on Solids
• Chemisorption and Catalysis
• Index

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CHOICE Review

Adamson and Gast's excellent book for students of surface chemistry offers a concise but thorough development and explanation of mathematical models and theoretical concepts of surface phenomena. In addition, the authors provide a broad overview of thermodynamics, physics of friction, lubrication, and adhesion. They also elaborate on emulsion and aerosol theories as well as discuss treatments of macromolecular polymer films, chemisorption, catalysis mechanisms, and a few examples of catalytic reactions such as the ammonia synthesis, Fischer-Tropsch, and photochemical reactions. Many high-resolution photomicrographs, lucid diagrams, useful tables, and other materials important to the understanding of surface chemistry; ample literature citations. Excellent for first-year graduate students. K. Bennett Kalamazoo Valley Community College