A study of hydrophobic interaction in fine particle coagulation

A stability theory for lyophobic colloids was put forth in the 1940’s by Derjaguin, Landau, Verwey, and Overbeek. This theory, known as DLVO theory, has gone through the test of time and survived as a pillar of colloid science. In the present work, this theory has been used for describing the behavi...

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Main Author: Xu, Zhenghe
Other Authors: Materials Engineering Science
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/39945
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-10192005-113249/