Control of Colloid Stability through ZETA POTENTIAL; With a closing chapter on its relationship to cardiovascular disease 1

The text promises a second or further Volume(s) but none appears to have been published. Colloidal Stability / Zeta Potential - Front Cover End Papers Introductory Note on Vol. I Dedication and Photoplates Title Page Printer's Imprint CONTENTS List of Tables List of Figures and Photographs Foreword A Word from the Author Half-title 1. The Concept 2. Viewing the colloid 3. Photographing the colloid 4. Zeta Potential—background and applications 5. Adsorption and desorption—(dilute suspensions) 6. Anionic dispersion curves—(dilute and concentrated systems) 7. The effect of “type” and concentration of electrolytes on colloid stability 8. Hypothesis to account for the reversal of anionic dispersion curves 9. “Natural bulk-stress-indicating” curves 10. Basic principles of adsorption in liquid-solids systems of high solids concentration 11. Further comment on bulk-stress 12. Desorption curves: Slurries of known concentration (prepared from dry powders) 13. Multiple-dilution desorption curves (systems having unknown stability characteristics and unknown suspended solids concentration) 14. Dynamic systems: Oxides—Hydroxides—Carbonates—Asbestos—Blood 15. Preparation of colloid slurries involving ultra-fine particles 16. Particle-charge distribution curves 17. ZP—pH curves 18. Inverse electroendosmosis 19. Dilatancy, thixotropy, and the double and diffuse layers 20. Agglomeration, flocculation and coagulation 21. Multiple-adsorption 22. The application of basic concepts of Zeta Potential to cardiovascular disease 22-1 Introduction 22-2 Early experiences with CVD 22-3 Decision to employ Zeta Potential 22-4 Observations re kidneys and blood electrolytes 22-5 A speculative hypothesis re IVC 22-6 Grading IVC with the microscope 22-7 Examples of IVC—Knisely 22-8 The Regimen 22-9 Basic causes of IVC and CVD 22-10 Prevention and control of IVC and CVD 22-11 Effects of the Regimen—examples In Memoriam Closure Appendix I—Instrumentation and techniques Appendix II—Recognized types of cardiovascular disease Appendix III—Miscellaneous notes and comment Appendix IV (special graph paper) Glossary Suggested Reference Material Acknowledgments Index