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Liquids and Solids

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  • © 1985

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Authors:
  1. M. T. Sprackling

    1. King’s College, University of London, UK

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-ix
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  2. Condensed phases

    • M. T. Sprackling
    Pages 1-23

  3. The elastic properties of matter

    • M. T. Sprackling
    Pages 24-56

  4. The deformation and fracture of simple crystals

    • M. T. Sprackling
    Pages 57-80

  5. The liquid phase

    • M. T. Sprackling
    Pages 81-101

  6. Ideal liquids

    • M. T. Sprackling
    Pages 102-139

  7. The slow viscous flow of liquids

    • M. T. Sprackling
    Pages 140-162

  8. Surface effects

    • M. T. Sprackling
    Pages 163-196

  9. High polymers and liquid crystals

    • M. T. Sprackling
    Pages 197-215

  10. Back Matter

    Pages 216-243
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6. 2 Creeping viscous flow in a semi-infinite channel 140 6. 3 Poiseuille flow in tubes of circular cross-section 144 6. 4 Motion of a Newtonian liquid between two coaxial cylinders 148 151 6. 5 Bodies in liquids 6. 6 liquid flow and intermolecular forces 154 Non-Newtonian liquids 157 6. 7 6. 8 Viscometers 160 Chapter 7 Surface effects 163 7. 1 Introduction 163 7. 2 Excess surface free energy and surface tension of liquids 163 7. 3 The total surface energy of liquids 167 7. 4 Surface tension and intermolecular forces 168 7. 5 Solid surfaces 171 7. 6 Specific surface free energy and the intermolecular potential 172 7. 7 liquid surfaces and the Laplace-Young equation 174 7. 8 liquid spreading 178 7. 9 Young's relation 181 7. 10 Capillary effects 184 7. 11 The sessile drop 187 7. 12 Vapour pressure and liquid-surface curvature 189 7. 13 The measurement of surface free energies 191 Chapter 8 High polymers and liquid crystals 197 8. 1 Introduction 197 8. 2 High polymers 197 8. 3 The mechanisms of polymerisation 198 8. 4 The size and shape of polymer molecules 199 8. 5 The structure of solid polymers 201 8. 6 The glass transition temperature 203 8. 7 Young's modulus of solid polymers 205 Stress-strain curves of polymers 8. 8 206 8. 9 Viscous flow in polymers 209 liquid crystals 8.

Authors and Affiliations

  • King’s College, University of London, UK

    M. T. Sprackling

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Liquids and Solids

  • Authors: M. T. Sprackling

  • Series Title: Student Physics Series

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-6093-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: M. T. Sprackling 1985

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-7102-0484-4Published: 04 July 1985

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-6093-3Published: 09 March 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: X, 244

  • Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: Science, Humanities and Social Sciences, multidisciplinary

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