Particle attachement/detachement mechanism

The following mechanisms should also be considered in view of their importance in particle attachment/detachment mechanisms ... 

The probability of formation of stable particle-bubble aggregates is determined by the probabilities of its attachment and retention on the bubble. The detachment is affected either by gravity or by inertia. These forces are proportional to the volume of particles, i.e. as the cube of the linear dimension of a particle hence, they are very big for large particles and very small for fine particles. This trivial fact results in radical consequences when analysing the role played by the size of particles in the mechanism of the elementary act of flotation (Derjaguin Dukhin 1960, 1979). 

The theory of phase formation developed in the works of Gibbs [1.1] and Volmer [1.11] proposes a comprehensive thermodynamic description of the nucleation phenomena. However, it does not provide any information on the mechanism of the physical processes taking place on the crystal surface. Kossel [1.17] and Stranski [1.18,1.19] were the first who in 1927 realized, independently of each other, the necessity of a close consideration of the elementary acts of attachment and detachment of single particles (atoms, ions or molecules) to and from the crystal surface. 

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