ATTRACTIVE FORCES AT INTERFACES
ATTRACTIVE FORCES AT INTERFACES
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DOI:
10.1021/ie50660a008
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发表时间:
1964-01-01
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通讯作者:
FOWKES, FM
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FOWKES, FM
Equations based on a simple model of surfaces and interfaces have been found useful forrelating quantitatively several previously unrelated fields of surface chemistry {10-13). These equations introduce a new term—the London dispersion force contribution to the surface free energy (7d)—and make use of this term for the accurate calculations of surface tension, interfacial tension, contact angles, heats and free energies of immersion, heats and free energies of adsorption, and the long-range van der Waals attractive forces. The accuracy of predictions of values verifiable by experiment lead one to expect that predictions of un-verifiable quantities, such as the magnitude ofattractive forces at solid-solid interfaces, are to be trusted. This approach should appeal especially to those who need to use the results of surface chemistry andwould prefer to calculate from existing values rather than make new experimental determinations. It should also appeal to those teaching surface chemistry in that it relates for the first time several widely separated fields of surface chemistry. Most noteworthy is the ability to calculate heats and free energies of adsorption of gases on solid surfaces directly from measurements of surface tensions and contact angles. The calculation of the long range van der Waals attractive constant, A, from values of 7d is also very attractive.