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Water Surfaces

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The interface of liquid water and aqueous solutions with other phases: water vapour, immiscible liquids, solids, or dispersed particles, has properties that differ from those of bulk water or solution. A direct measure of the difference is the change in the surface tension. In the case of electrolyte solutions this is manifested as a surface potential. Solutes may either accumulate at the surface (some such solutes are said to be surface active, surfactants) whereas others (most small ions) are rejected from the surface. Such behaviour has been studied both experimentally and by computer simulations and related to the properties of the water and the solutes. Structures in aqueous solutions, such as colloidal dispersions, micelles and vesicles, result from the interplay of these surface properties.

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