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MR Chapter 5
Colloids and Fine Particles
Drag force ~ x
x2 6
Surface area / Volume = x3 x
6
x is the particle diameter (1nm – 10mm)
Body force Other surface forces: van der Waals, electrical double
~ x3 layer, bridging and steric forces
Brownian motion
Robert Brown (1827)
Thermal energy from
environment causes the
molecules of the liquid to
vibrate.
These vibrating
molecules collide
with each other
and with the
surface of the
particles.
dV
F
dD
• Van der Waals Forces
A group of
electrohydrodynamic
interactions that occur
between the atoms in
two different particles.
Notation used to indicate the type of
material for each particle and the
intervening medium
L
2kT
t
P f x 2
g
t
216kT m
g P f x5
t 2
3 xm 18m 2
• Suspension rheology
Einstein (1906), < 7% volume solids)