Foams and Emulsions

by Jean-François Sadoc

Book Overview

A general and introductory survey of foams, emulsions and cellular materials. Foams and emulsions are illustrations of some fundamental concepts in statistical thermodynamics, rheology, elasticity and the physics and chemistry of divided media and interfaces. They also give rise to some of the most beautiful geometrical shapes and tilings, ordered or disordered.
The chapters are grouped into sections having fairly loose boundaries. Each chapter...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 9048151805
• ISBN13: 9789048151806
• Release Date: December 2010
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 596 Pages
• Weight: 1.87 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.1" x 9.2"