P. Somasundaran - Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science, 2004 Update Supplement

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2004 Update Supplement

Encyclopedia of Surface and Colloid Science

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2004 Update Supplement

edited by

Ponisseril Somasundaran
La von Duddelson Krumb Professor of Mineral Engineering
Columbia University, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Founding Editor

Arthur T.Hubbard
Santa Barbara Science Project
Santa Barbara California

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Editor

Ponisseril Somasundaran

Editorial Advisory Board for Online Updates

Louis E.Brus

Thomas A.Edison Professor of Chemistry, Columbia University, New York, New York, U.S.A.

Namita Deo

Cognis Corporation, Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S.A.

Hassan El-Shell

Associate Professor in the Department of Mineral Science and Engineering, University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, U.S.A.

Kunio Esumi

Professor in the Department of Applied Chemistry, Science University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

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Cytec Industries, Inc., Stamford, Connecticut, U.S.A.

Willis Forsling

Professor of Chemistry and Metallurgy, Lule University of Technology, Lule, Sweden

Josip P.Krathovil

Emeritus Professor of Chemistry, Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, U.S.A.

Martin Malmsten

Professor of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden

James A.Schwarz

Professor of Chemical Engineering and Material Science, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York, U.S.A.

Darsh T.Wasan

Motorola Chair of Chemical Engineering, Illinois Institute of Technology, Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.

James A.Wingrave

Assistant Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Newark, Delaware, U.S.A.

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Emilio Aicart/Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain

Antonio Alcaraz/Universitat Jaume I, Castell, Spain

Imran Ali/National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India

Estela Mara Andrade/INQUIMAE, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Ertan Arda/Trakya University, Edirne, Turkey

Maria Jess Ariza/Universidad de Mlaga, Mlaga, Spain

Daniel L.Arnold/Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.

Juana Benavente/Universidad de Mlaga, Mlaga, Spain

Heike Bradl/University of Applied Sciences Trier, Birkenfeld, Germany

Alicia Caas/Universidad de Mlaga, Mlaga, Spain

Adam F.Cavallero/Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.

Attilio Cesro/Trieste University, Trieste, Italy

Xi Chen/Tsinghua University, Beijing, P.R.China

David Cook/Australian Water Quality Centre (South Australian Water Corporation), Salisbury, Australia

Luis Antonio Dvalos-Orozco/Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

Luis Felipe del Castillo/Universidad Nacional Autnoma de Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico

Jean Marc Douillard/Universit Montpellier 2, Montpellier, France

Michel Fedoroff/Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Vitry-sur-Seine, France

Oleg L.Figovsky/Polymate Ltd., Haifa, Israel and Israel Research Center Polymate, Haifa, Israel

Fernando Galembeck/Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, So Paulo, Brazil

Carla E.Giacomelli/Universidad Nacional de Crdoba, Crdoba, Argentina

R.Tristan Gingerich/Westmont College, Santa Barbara, California, U.S.A.

Lech Gmachowski/Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland

Jean Grandjean/Universit de Lige, Lige, Belgium

Yongan Gu