Fundamentals of Interfacial Properties

  • P. M. W. Cornelisse
  • C. J. Peters
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Part of the NATO Science Series book series (NSSE, volume 366)

Abstract

Already in the eighteenth century it was realized that the capillary effect of fluids must arise from attractive forces between the constituents of matter, the molecules. This realization led to the idea that examination of the capillary effects could tell something about the attractive forces and possibly also about the molecules. Also modem physicists are interested in the explanation of the capillary phenomena in terms of intermolecular forces. TMs chapter highlights some of the applications of the square gradient theory of van der Waals [1] in modeling the behaviour of fluids near interfaces. For a more extensive discussion of this theory we refer to Rowlinson and Widom [2].

Keywords

Interfacial Tension Phase Behaviour Influence Parameter Gradient Theory Direct Correlation Function 
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Authors and Affiliations

  • P. M. W. Cornelisse
    • 1
  • C. J. Peters
    • 1
  1. 1.Department of Chemical TechnologyDelft University of Technology Faculty of Applied SciencesDelftThe Netherlands

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