Die Bedeutung der Kolloide für die Technik

Abstract

ALTHOUGH it is fifty years since the distinction between colloids and crystalloids was first drawn by Thomas Graham, it is only quite recently that the conception of colloid substances has been extended beyond the ranks of a few specialists to possess some meaning for the public at large. Almost as recent and remarkable in its suddenness has been the feverish eagerness with which the properties and behaviour of colloids have been investigated. In Germany, there are several journals devoted entirely to colloid chemistry, as weir as text-books of every variety. Unfortunately, there is a tendency to adopt an exaggerated terminology, and to obscure the problems by complicated methods of treatment instead of striving after the simplest possible language. In consequence, the subject is invested with a mysticism which is quite unnecessary.

Die Bedeutung der Kolloide für die Technik.

Allgemein verständlich dargestellt von Prof. Kurt Arndt. Zweite Auflage. Pp. 46. (Dresden: Theodor Steinkopff, 1911.) Price mk.1.50.