Autre auteur : Catalin D. Mitescu

Bibliogr. p. [502]-506. Index

The physics of fluids The liquid state The different states of matter: model systems and real media The solid--liquid transition: a sometimes nebulous process Macroscopic transport coefficients Thermal conductivity Mass diffusion Microscopic models for transport coefficients A different approach to mass diffusion: the random walk Transport coefficients for an ideal gas Diffusive transport phenomena in liquids Surface and surface tension effects Surface tension The pressure difference between the two sides of a curved interface: Laplace's law Variations in the surface tension due to a surfactant The Rayleigh--Taylor instability The spectroscopy of liquids Some common techniques for probing the microscopic structure of liquids The form factor and elastic X-ray diffraction: an example of the use of scattering on an atomic scale Elastic and quasi-elastic scattering of light: a tool for the study of the structure and diffusive transport in liquids Inelastic scattering of light in liquids Typical orders of magnitude for a number of physical parameters characteristic of the interfacial properties of ordinary liquids The diffusion of momentum under various flow conditions Diffusive and convective momentum transport in flowing fluids Diffusion and convection of momentum: two illustrative experiments Momentum transport in shear flow: an introduction to the concept of viscosity Microscopic models of viscosity The viscosity of gases The viscosity of liquids.