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W. Stumm, Chemistry of the Solid—Water Inte face Processes at the Mineral—Water and Particle—Water Inteface, Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1992. 

Fig. 2. (a) Brightness improvement obtained by the use of kaolin as a filler in paper and (b), opacity improvement obtained as pulp fibers are replaced with various kaolins. In both cases, A represents fine-particle calcined clay B, high brightness No. 1 kaolin C, coarse-particle water-washed kaolin and D,... 

FIG. 19-66 Schematics of (a) collector adsorption at the particle-water interface and (h) action of the frother. 

As distinct from the gelling properties of certain natural gums, usually exhibited by structural rigidity, viscosity is a thickening of the aqueous portion of a system by means of particle water absorption, and swelling of the colloid. From a practical angle, it manifests itself by the phenomena of thickening and reduced flow characteristics. 

Water rinses are used in surface preparation operations such as acid pickling, alkaline cleaning, and nickel deposition to remove any process solution film left from the previous bath. A water rinse may also follow the neutralization step. Another common water use is in the ball milling process, which uses water as the vehicle for the enamel ingredients, as a cooling medium, and for cleaning the equipment. Coating application processes normally use wet spray booths to capture oversprayed enamel particles. Water wash spray booths use a water curtain into which the enamel particles are blown and captured. 

The depression of the freezing point of a solvent due to the presence of a dissolved solute is an example of a colligative property, that is, a property of a dilute solution that depends on the number of dissolved particles and not on the identity of the particles. Water has a freezing point depression constant, Kf, of 1.86 K kg mol-1. In other words, for every mole of nonvolatile solute dissolved in a kilogram of water, the freezing point of water is lowered by 1.86°C. The change in freezing point, A T, can be calculated from the equation... 

Thermal analysis techniques reveal that water is bound in opal in more than one manner. Most of the water is physically held in inclusions or microscopic pores within the opal, that is, in spaces between the microspheres. Water held in this manner can escape through complex systems of microscopic fissures or cracks, induced by temperatures even below 100°C. Some water is held within the opal via chemical bonding ( adsorption ) to the surfaces of the silica microspheres and is retained to temperatures approaching 1000°CJ7J Furthermore, since the microspheres themselves are composed of much smaller silica particles, water is additionally coated on the surfaces of these minute particles. The porous nature of opal and its thermal sensitivity require special care, for dehydration may result in cracking that greatly diminishes the value of this gemstone. 

Stumm, W. Process at the Mineral-Water Interface and Particle-Water Interface in Natural Systems. Wiley New York, 1992. 

In the previous sections, we described the overall features of the heat-induced phase transition of neutral polymers in water and placed the phenomenon within the context of the general understanding of the temperature dependence of polymer solutions. We emphasised one of the characteristic features of thermally responsive polymers in water, namely their increased hydropho-bicity at elevated temperature, which can, in turn, cause coagulation and macroscopic phase separation. We noted also, that in order to circumvent this macroscopic event, polymer chemists have devised a number of routes to enhance the colloidal stability of neutral globules at elevated temperature by adjusting the properties of the particle-water interface. 

Operation of detectors with their associated alarm panels should be checked and calibrated after installation. Detector performance can be impaired in a hostile environment by blockages to the detector (i.e., ice, salt crystals, wind blown particles, water or even fire fighting foam, or by inhibition of the catalysts by airborne contaminants such as compounds of silicon, phosphorus, chlorine or lead. It is essential that detectors and alarm panels be checked and re-calibrated on a routine basis. 

Hudson, R. J. M. (1998). Modeling the fate of metals in aquatic systems the mechanistic basis of particle-water partitioning models, Crit. Rev. Anal. Chem., 28, 19-26. 

Buffle, J. and Altmann, R. S. (1987). Interpretation of metal complexation by heterogeneous complexants. In Aquatic Surface Chemistry Chemical Processes at the Particle-Water Interface, ed. Stumm, W., John Wiley Sons, New York, pp. 351-383. 

Stumm, W. (1987), Aquatic Surface Chemistry Chemical Processes at the Particle-Water Interface, Wiley-lnterscience, New York. 

Sigg, L., W. Stumm, and B. Zinder (1984), "Chemical Processes at the Particle/Water Interface Implications Concerning the Form of Occurrence of Solute and Adsorbed Species", in C. J. H. Kramer and J. Duinker, Eds., Complexation of Trace Metals in Natural Waters, Dr. W. Junk Publishers, The Hague, Netherlands, 251-266. 

Chemistry of the solid-water interface processes at the mineral-water and particle-water interface in natural systems / Werner Stumm with contributions by Laura Sigg (chapter 11), and Barbara Sulzberger (chapter 10). p. cm. 

Coarse-grained molecular d5mamics simulations in the presence of solvent provide insights into the effect of dispersion medium on microstructural properties of the catalyst layer. To explore the interaction of Nation and solvent in the catalyst ink mixture, simulations were performed in the presence of carbon/Pt particles, water, implicit polar solvent (with different dielectric constant e), and ionomer. Malek et al. developed the computational approach based on CGMD simulations in two steps. In the first step, groups of atoms of the distinct components were replaced by spherical beads with predefined subnanoscopic length scale. In the second step, parameters of renormalized interaction energies between the distinct beads were specified. 

Stone TA, Morgan JJ (1987) Reductive dissolution of metal oxides. In W Stumm (ed) Aquatic surface chemistry Chemical processes at the particle water interface. WUey, New York pp 221-254... 

Sun, Q. Yang, L. The adsorption of basic dyes from aqueous solution on modified peat-resin particle. Water Res. 2003, 37, 1535-1544. 

Dust particles, water droplets, and sulfuric acid mist (and if present, ammonium salt aerosols) are electrically charged in the same way as in the dry precipitator. The negatively charged particles are collected on the positive collecting electrodes. 

W. Stumm, Chemistry of the Solid-Water Interface - Processes at the Mineral-Water and Particle-Water Interface in Natural Systems, pp. 1-8 (John Wiley Sons, New York, 1992). G. E. Brown Jr. et al., Chem. Rev. 99, 77 (1999). 

The Rayleigh theory does not apply when the scattering molecules are absorbing or when the atmosphere contains dust particles, water drops, or other particles with dimensions that are larger than ordinary gas molecules. 

Wu, S.-C., and P. M. Gschwend, Numerical modeling of sorption kinetics of organic compounds to soil and sediment particles , Water Resources Res., 24, 1373-1383 (1988). 

Fertile topsoil is a mixture of at least four components—mineral particles, water, air, and organic matter. The mineral particles are the particles of sand, silt, and clay. Many of the nutrients plants need are released as these particles are formed from the erosion of rock. The size of the particles greatly affects soil fertility. Large particles result in porous soil that has many pockets of space that collect water and air—up to 25 percent of the volume of fertile topsoil consists... 

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