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This title sets out to describe the importance of adhesion in our Universe. Although we believe that the universe is expanding and flying apart, we can also see that the Earth and its parts are sticking together with great tenacity. Gravitation explains part of this attraction on earth, but is insufficient to explain why adhesives stick jumbo jets together or why our bodies do not fall apart. To understand the strong attractions between earthly matter we must introduce the idea of molecular adhesion; the fact that all molecules attract each other with a considerable force. This idea at first seems paradoxical because we can identify situations where adhesion is very strong, for example when paint sticks to a surface, but we can also see cases where adhesion is very weak, when sand flows through an hour glass. The objective of the book is to provide explanations for these apparently perverse effects.

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Author:   Kevin Kendall
Publisher:   Springer Science+Business Media
Imprint:   Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers
Edition:   2001 ed.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 3.40cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   1.790kg
ISBN:  

9780306465208

ISBN 10:   0306465205
Pages:   429
Publication Date:   31 March 2001
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

to Molecular Adhesion and Fracture: The Adhesion Paradox.- Phenomenology of Adhesion: Fracture Stranger than Friction.- Theories and Laws of Molecular Adhesion: All Molecules Adhere.- Evidence for the First Law of Adhesion: Surface Leap into Contact.- Intermolecular Forces: The New Geometry of Computer Modeling.- Evidence for the Second Law of Adhesion: Contamination Reduces Adhesion.- Influence of the Adhesion and Fracture Mechanism: The Third Law.- More Intricate Mechanisms: Raising and Lowering Adhesion.- Adhesion of Particles: Deformation, Friction, and Sintering.- Adhesion of Colloids: Dispersion, Aggregation, and Flocculation.- Pastes and Gels: Effects of Adhesion on Structure and Behavior.- Adhesion of Biological Cells: The Nature of Slime.- Nano-adhesion: Joining Materials for Electronic Applications.- Films and Layers: Adhesion of Coatings.- Fracture and Toughness of Engineering Adhesive Joints.- Composite Materilas: Held Together by Adhesion at Interfaces.- The Future of Molecular Adhesion.

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