TL;DR: In this paper, a theory based on statistical mechanics is developed to predict the destabilization or flocculation of nonaqueous colloidal suspensions by nonadsorbing polymer, and phase diagrams are calculated which show the volume fraction of colloidal particles in each phase as a function of polymer concentration, polymer molecular weight, and colloidal particle size.

TL;DR: In this paper, a critical analysis of the immiscible displacement mechanisms at the pore level with the aid of the so-called "pore doublet model" is presented, a parallel arrangement of small and large-diameter capillary tubes.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors show that at equilibrium, the swelling pressure, II, is equal to the applied pressure, thus, it is possible to determine II as a function of λ for each montmorillonite.

TL;DR: In this article, collision efficiencies for gravitation and interception of spherical particles on cylindrical and spherical collectors were calculated using numerical solutions to the complete Navier-Stokes equations available in the literature.

TL;DR: Theoretical results for the electrostatic double-layer interaction between a colloid particle and a long cylindrical pore are presented in this paper, where the colloid is allowed to assume any radial position within the pore.

TL;DR: In this article, contact angle measurements have been carried out on various solid substrates using water-propanol mixtures and α-bromonaphthalene as wetting liquids.

TL;DR: In this article, an optimal estimation technique for tension and contact angle is developed that derives from the best match of a fourth order Runge-Kutta integration of the meridional curve to discrete data representing the magnified drop profile.

TL;DR: In this article, an improved form of the equilibrium hard-sphere fluid is used to model the structure of dispersions of identical impenetrable spheres within a matrix, and pair-correlation functions adjusted to Monte Carlo simulation results, and reported in the literature, are used to compute the contribution of pairs of spheres to the effective thermal or electrical conductivity of the dispersions.

TL;DR: In this article, the adsorption of EDTA on a well-characterized sample of α-Fe2O3 (hematite) at 25°C has been studied over a wide range of concentrations and pH.

TL;DR: In this paper, a series of reports intended to develop, refine, and evaluate the methodology of sedimentation field-flow fractionation (sedimentation FFF) applied to the characterization of colloidal materials was initiated.

TL;DR: In this paper, the adsorption isotherms of polyacrylic acid on titanium dioxide (anatase) have been determined in aqueous solutions and the influence of pH, polymer's average molecular weight, and calcium concentration was investigated.

TL;DR: In this paper, an adaption model for divalent cation (M2+) adsorption by ferrihydrite (iron hydrous oxide gel) was developed.

TL;DR: In this article, the formation and stability of a cavity in a liquid around the zone of contact between lyophobic particles has been carried out and the parameters of the cavity have been calculated.

TL;DR: In this paper, a nonlinear equilibrium isotherm was used to predict theoretical concentration versus time curves of dyestuffs on chitin, and the analysis was based on a computer program.

TL;DR: In this paper, the adsorption isotherms for human plasma albumin (HPA) and bovine pancreas ribonuclease (RNase) on hematite surfaces have been determined at different ionic strength and pH.

TL;DR: In this paper, the results obtained from electron microscopy of air-dried and frozen hydrated specimens of stained dispersions of liquid crystals and vesicles of synthetic and natural amphiphiles indicate that rearrangement upon drying causes gross changes in the original microstructure of the examined systems.

TL;DR: In this paper, a meniscus appears around the contact between a glass sphere and a glass plate immersed in mercury, as the nonwetting liquid recedes spontaneously to form a vacuum (vapor-filled) cavity.

TL;DR: In this paper, the angularity of the channels in a porous medium and the variation in their cross-section can be schematized by a constricted capillary tube of square cross-sections.

TL;DR: In this paper, Taylor tube dispersion was used to measure the Taylor tube diffusion of a surfactant at 25°C and tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide at 25, 90, and 135°C.

TL;DR: In this paper, the surface tension-concentration curves for individual purified surfactants and their binary mixtures are used to calculate β, the molecular interaction parameter for mixed monolayer formation.

TL;DR: In this article, the effect of varying the chain length of the cosurfactant from methanol to n-octanol was investigated for different combinations of surfactant and hydrocarbon.

TL;DR: In this paper, the general phase behavior of selected alkyl benzene sodium sulfonates was studied with the aim of determining specific factors which will enhance solubilization of oil and/or water in microemulsions.

TL;DR: An absolute method for single aerosol particle mass and charge measurement has been developed in this article, which involves suspension of a charged particle in an electrodynamic chamber called a quadrupole, and the voltage required to balance the particle against gravity, the particle charge-to-mass ratio can be measured.

TL;DR: In this article, the acidity-basicity balance with the formation of a new basic center without one-electron acceptor properties has been investigated in the presence of alkali hydroxides.

TL;DR: In this paper, the motion of two bubbles along their line of centers in an imposed thermal gradient is considered, and the governing equations are solved in the quasistatic limit using bipolar coordinates.