The Second Virial Coefficient and “Liquid-Vapour” Phase Transition in Sterically Stabilized Colloidal Dispersions
- 1 October 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Physics and Chemistry of Liquids
- Vol. 18 (4) , 287-293
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00319108808078604
Abstract
The observed temperature dependence of the second virial coefficient in dispersions of sterically stabilized colloids is explained using a macroparticle interaction potential that allows for a decrease of the effective hard core diameter with increasing temperature. Such assumptions also account for the “liquid-vapour” phase transition.Keywords
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