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Principles of Colloid and Surface Chemistry (Undergraduate Chemistry Series)

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This is an excellent textbook for both undergraduate courses (for which it is intended) and for first-year graduate courses. The new edition contains new material on recent developments in colloid science and instrumental techniques, polymer-induced forces, rheology of dispersions and scattering techniques. The many 'Vignettes' included in this edition bring out the interdisciplinary nature of the subject, its impact in medical and biological sciences as well as in numerous engineering areas, and the exciting aspects of colloid science that are not highlighted in other textbooks. There are numerous worked-out examples, review questions at the end of each chapter and annotated references. Highly recommended.

As a teacher of these topics I found this book an excellent one.A very good coverage of fundamentals such as surface and interfacial tension,intermolecular and colloidal interactions, colloidal stability, liophobic and liophylic colloids,electrokinetics phenomena. All these complex topics and more are treated in a very clear and rigorous way. I strongly reccomend this book.

This is an excellent, first-level introduction to colloids and is better than any others available in the market. The vignettes in the book alone are worth the price! Suitable for self-study!

I have never taken colloidal chemistry in college. So, when I had to pick this topic up to understand the dispersion system I was working on at work, I was fortunate enough to find this book. This book taught me everything I needed to know about colloidal systems. It's well organized and intuitive. Highly recommended for students in the field

Bought this as a supplement to my graduate courses in surface chemistry. While there is better text available for graduate-level study (Adamson and Gast), this book does a superb job of laying the foundation in colloids and surface chemistry. With a strong background in physical chemistry, the subject matter will be a breeze to learn. I struggled with the courses until I picked this up. I applaud the author for a fine job in organization and layout of material, as well as a basic delivery of theory.

this is a good textbook for use in a class. goes over many important concepts including rheology, colloid stability, light scattering, etc, but does so occasionally in a manner that is superficial.

i would find this a good book to have sit on my desk for general reference on the subject, where, if the book did not have enough information, i would continue to a lit search.

...but it seems that Hiemenz has done it again. The formatting isn't excellent, and the organization and presentation could be better, but overall this is not an easy upper-undergrad subject to write a textbook about. Overall, Hiemenz does a good job of showing you the "source code," i.e. derivations/complete math, where it counts and skipping it when it doesn't. And though I hate doing the application-based problems at the back of the book (I prefer theory-type problems for understanding), I can't deny that they do solidify the concepts and drive in the key points. The quick review questions at the end of each chapter for re-visiting concepts are also very useful.

This book has great derivations and explains concepts well. It has no colors and limited figures, though.