Colloid science in zero gravity

✍ Scribed by J.M. Haynes

• Book ID: 102622600
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1976
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 172 KB
• Volume: 5
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0001-8686
• DOI: 10.1016/0001-8686(76)80001-2

✦ Synopsis

As terrestrial scientists we are accustomed to the fact that our experimental systems are, like ourselves, constrained under normal conditions to operate within the earth's gravitational field. Indeed, this circumstance is so familiar that we often tend to ignore it, especially since, in many colloidal systems, dimensions are typically so small that certain of the effects of gravity are conveniently negligible. It is nevertheless important (and possibly illuminating) to recognize the limitations that terrestrial gravity imposes on our choice of experimental methods.

Gravity-induced effects, such as sedimentation and convection. are often