The Properties of Water and their Role in Colloidal and Biological Systems

Carel Jan van Oss

ISBN 10: 0080975968 / ISBN 13: 9780080975962

Published by Academic Press, 2014

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238 pages. 9.50x6.50x0.54 inches. In Stock.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Properties of Water and their Role in Colloidal and Biological Systems
• Publisher: Academic Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0080975968
• ISBN 13: 9780080975962
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New

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Synopsis

This book treats the different current as well as unusual and hitherto often unstudied physico-chemical and surface-thermodynamic properties of water that govern all polar interactions occurring in it. These properties include the hyper-hydrophobicity of the water-air interface, the cluster formation of water molecules in the liquid state and the concomitant variability of the ratio of the electron-accepticity to electron-donicity of liquid water as a function of temperature, T. The increase of that ratio with T is the cause of the increase in hydration repulsion “hydration pressure†between polar surfaces upon heating, when they are immersed in water.