II. SURFACE PHENOMENA and SURFACE TENSION |
1. Interfaces.
2. Thermodynamic treatment: surface tension.
Curved interfaces.
Capilarity.
Vapour pressure.
3. Experimental determination of the surface tension.
4. Temperature dependence of the surface tension.
5. Adhesion and cohesion.
6. Interfaces with more than one component: the Gibbs law. Monolayers
7. Detergency.
8. Nucleation. |
IV. POLYMERS AND MACROMOLECULES |
1. General aspects.
2. Polymerization. Degree of polymerization.
3. Distributions of molecular mass.
4. Structure.
Conformations.
Conformational variables.
5. Structural models.
The random coil model.
The effect of chain rigidity.
6. Experimental characterization.
7. Fractionation.
8. The nature of the solid state and the physico-chemical properties. |
LAB |
Experiments related to the contents.
Transport phenomena, including ionic conductivity. Surface phenomena. Adsorption on solid surfaces. Macromolecules and colloids. |