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University: Eötvös Loránd University
Institute, faculty: Institute of Chemistry, Faculty of Science
Department(s): Colloid Chemistry  
Name of course : Colloid Chemistry
Name of responsible: Ferenc Csempesz
E-mail: csf@chem.elte.hu  
Name of teachers: Ferenc Csempesz
István Pászlí
Katalin F. Csáki
Judith Horváth
Course programme:

What are colloids? Basic principles of colloid stability .
Intermolecular forces, interparticle forces.
Electrostatic forces and the electrical double layer.
Steric repulsion, the effect of adsorbed or anchored layers. Aggregation processes in colloidal dispersions.
Preparation of colloidal dispersions. Emulsions and microemulsions.
Interfaces. Surface tension, surface energy, wetting phenomena. Adsorption.
Some important properties of colloids.
Kinetic properties. Scattering of radiation.
Rheology: Newtonian and non-Newtonian systems.
Association colloids and self-assembly systems
Macromolecular colloids and gels
The industrial importance of colloids.

Grade: Graduate (MSc)
Type: Lecture + exercise
  

Labelled in education:

Compulsory subject

Name of lecture notes or books (if any):

Everett, D.H. Basic principles of Colloid Science Royal Soc.of Chemistry, 1988.
Shaw, D.J. Introduction to Colloid and Surface Chem. Butterworth-Heinemann, 1992.
Csempesz, F. Experimental Colloid Chemistry Semmelweis University, Budapest, 1996.
Hunter, R.J. Foundations of Colloid Science Oxford Univ. Press, 2004.

Number of credits:

2+2