This book has been written to fill a gap in the literature by offering a
standard and overall coverage of colloid and surface chemistry
intermediate between the brief accounts found in most textbooks of
physical chemistry and the comprehensive accounts found in special￾ised treatises on colloid and/or surface chemistry.
In writing the book, I have kept a number of audiences in mind -
particularly: university and polytechnic students studying for an
honours degree or its equivalent, or commencing a programme of
postgraduate research; scientists in industry who desire a broad
background in a subject which may have been somewhat neglected
during academic training; and those interested in branches of natural
science, for whom an understanding of colloid and surface phenomena
is essential