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Contents by Class Week Distributed

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08/17/10

Course Syllabus (PDF, 27k)

Stokes/Evans Textbook Website
Reference Textbook Website

Adamson Textbook Electronic Version
Plug-in for accessing Adamson Text

Lecture Handouts:
    Meeting at the Interface (PDF, 196k)
    Surface Tension Fundamentals (PDF, 644k)

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08/24/10

Important Figures in Interfacial Science 2010 (PDF, 120k)

Lecture Handouts:
    Curvature at the Interface (PDF, 909k)
    Curvature of arbitrary surfaces (PDF, 55k)
    Wetting and Spreading (PDF, 821k)

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08/31/10

Lecture Handouts:
    Pressure Drop Across the Interface (PDF, 1530k)

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09/07/10

Term Paper Milestone Assignment 1 (PDF, 98k)
Laboratory 1 Assignment (PDF, 17k)
Tensiometer Quick-Reference (PDF, 238k)
Surface Tension Data (PDF, 214k)

On the Complete Kelvin Equation (PDF, 1.16M)

Surface Tension in Fluid Mechanics (Video) (Video Stream, On Campus Only)
Surface Tension in Fluid Mechanics Handout (PDF, 1.5M)

Lecture Handouts:
    Adsorption (PDF, 1035k)

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09/14/10

The Writings of Benjamin Franklin (link, search for "Oil on Water")

Lecture Handouts:
    Monolayers and Langmuir Isotherms (PDF, 1.37M)
    Amphiphilic Systems (PDF, 274k)

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09/21/10

Lecture Handout:
   Micelles, Part 1 (PDF, 683k)
   Micelles, Part 2 (PDF, 266k)

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9/28/10

Langmuir Video (Video Stream, On Campus Only)

Term Paper Milestone Assignment 2 (PDF, 63k)
More on SDS micelles (link)
Exam 1 Guide (PDF, 56k)

Lecture Handouts:
   Micelles, The Final Chapter? (PDF, 137k)

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10/05/10

Midterm Exam

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10/12/10

Lecture Handouts:
  The Force is with You (PDF)
  Intermolecular Forces II (PDF)
  Condensed Phases (PDF)

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10/19/10

Lecture Handouts:
  Colloidal Sols (PDF)
  Electrical Effects and Colloids (PDF)  
  Getting Charged Up (PDF)

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10/26/10

Lecture Handouts:
    The Power of the Forces (PDF)
    When Things Come Together(PDF)
    Electrokinetics (PDF)
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11/02/10

Lecture Handout:
  Colloids that Matter (PDF)

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11/09/10

AIChE Annual Meeting
Oleic Acid-- A Molecule That Changed the World (PDF, 1M)

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11/16/10

Term Paper Memo 3 (PDF)
Exam 2 Study Guide (PDF)

Lecture Handouts:
  Coating Process Overview (PDF)
  Thin Films Overview (PDF)

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11/23/10

Exam 2

Oral Report Evaluation Form (PDF, 51k)
Term Paper Evaluation Form (PDF, 51k)

Lecture Handout:
  Measuring Interfacial Area (PDF, 625k)

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11/30/10

Student Presentations

Laboratory Activities

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.exe    	Windows executable program
.zip    	Windows archive file
.doc, .docx	Microsoft Word file
.xls, .xlsx	Microsoft Excel spreadsheet
.wmv		Windows Media File, may require Windows Media Player

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