Colloid and Interface Chemistry for Water Quality Control - Hardcover

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Prof. Qing Chang was born in 1947 and graduated from Research Center for Eco-Environmental Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences in 1983, and his major is environmental chemistry. Prof. Qing Chang is currently a professor in the School of Environmental and Municipal Engineering at Lanzhou Jiaotong University of China. He is also a Member of Expert Panel of National Natural Science Foundation of China. He was a Member of Council of Chemical Society of Gansu province of China from 1990 to 2000 and a Member of Expert Panel of China National High-tech R&D Program (863 Program) from 2000 to 2004. Professor Chang's major areas of interest are water environmental science, materials and methods for water treatment, coagulation and flocculation and adsorption. He has taught colloid and interface chemistry for 20 years. He has been active over 40 years in his field and completed various research projects. He has authored over 100 papers published in peer-reviewed journals and six books published in China presses. He was also awarded three prizes by the government of Gansu Province for his contribution to science and technology development program.

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Colloid and Interface Chemistry for Water Quality Control distills the advances in colloid and interface chemistry made over the past 100 years, as they relate to the principles of water treatment and water purifi cation. Organized in two parts, the fi rst section of the book presents colloid chemistry including its history and basic concepts, diffusion and Brown motion, sedimentation, osmotic pressure, optical properties, rheology properties, electric properties, emulsion, foam and gel, and so on. The second section details interface chemistry theories, including the surface of a liquid, the surface of a solution, and the surface of a solid.Key Features

• Covers virtually all of the principles and methods of water treatment, including coagulation–fl occulation, sedimentation, adsorption, fi ltration, fl otation, oil separation, membrane separation, sludge dewatering, scaling-corrosion inhibitor, and environmental catalysis
• This valuable book is the only one that presents colloid and interface chemistry from the water quality control perspective
• Includes exercises, problems, and solutions, which enable students to check their understandingIn face of the increasing challenges to providing a safe supply of drinking water, decisionmaking in matters relating to water quality control requires a sound understanding of thebasic principles of colloid and interface chemistry.

This book provides both a textbook forundergraduate/graduate students, and a reference that researchers, and engineers whoare working on water treatment and supply and drainage, environmental science andenvironmental engineering, can consult. It also can be used as the reference book forgraduate students majoring in chemical engineering, biosystems engineering, and physicalchemistry.