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A '''colloid''' consists of small particles of one substance suspended in another, first described by Thomas Graham in the  
A '''colloid''' consists of small particles of one substance suspended in another, first described by Thomas Graham in the  
late nineteenth century, for example see Ref. 1.
late nineteenth century <ref>[http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/JS8641700318 Thomas Graham F.R.S. "On the properties of silicic acid and other analogous colloidal substances", Journal of the Chemical Society '''17''' pp. 318-327 (1864)]</ref>.
==Models==
==Models==
*[[Hard core Yukawa | Repulsive hard core Yukawa potential]]
*[[Hard core Yukawa | Repulsive hard core Yukawa potential]]
*[[C60#Girifalco potential | Girifalco potential]]
*[[C60#Girifalco potential | Girifalco potential]]
==Interesting reading==
==References==
'''Related reading'''
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0031-8914(37)80203-7 H.C. Hamaker "The London-van der Waals attraction between spherical particles", Physica '''4''' pp. 1058-1072 (1937)]
*[http://physicsworldarchive.iop.org/full/pwa-pdf/9/4/phwv9i4a23.pdf Wilson Poon, Peter Pusey and Henk Lekkerkerker "Colloids in suspense", Physics World '''April'''  pp. 27-34 (1996)]
*[http://physicsworldarchive.iop.org/full/pwa-pdf/9/4/phwv9i4a23.pdf Wilson Poon, Peter Pusey and Henk Lekkerkerker "Colloids in suspense", Physics World '''April'''  pp. 27-34 (1996)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/439545a Alfons van Blaaderen "Colloids get complex", Nature '''439''' pp. 545-546 (2006)]
*[http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/439545a Alfons van Blaaderen "Colloids get complex", Nature '''439''' pp. 545-546 (2006)]
==References==
'''Books'''
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/JS8641700318 Thomas Graham F.R.S. "On the properties of silicic acid and other analogous colloidal substances", Journal of the Chemical Society '''17''' pp. 318 - 327 (1864)]
* W. B. Russel, D. A. Saville  and W. R. Schowalter  "Colloidal Dispersions", Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics (1989) ISBN 9780521426008
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[[category:Complex systems]]
[[category: mixtures]]
[[category: mixtures]]

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A colloid consists of small particles of one substance suspended in another, first described by Thomas Graham in the late nineteenth century [1].

Models

References

Related reading

Books

  • W. B. Russel, D. A. Saville and W. R. Schowalter "Colloidal Dispersions", Cambridge Monographs on Mechanics (1989) ISBN 9780521426008