University Catalog 2014-2015

University of Colorado Boulder

CHEN-5420 (3) Physical Chemistry and Fluid Mechanics of Interfaces

Covers thermodynamics of interfaces and surface tension measurement; adsorption at liquid-gas, liquid-liquid, and solid-gas interfaces; monolayers; conservation equations for a fluid interface; rheology of interfaces; surface tension driven flows; contact angle and wettability; and double layer phenomena. Prerequisites: Requires prerequisite course of CHEN 3200 (minimum grade D-).