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Solid State Chemistry and Colloid Chemistry

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THE properties of the solid state are often ignored in studies of lyophobic colloidal phenomena. Colloid chemists concentrate on the liquid phase when trying to interpret experiments, and consider the solid phase as relevant only in the role of an adsorbent or of a charged surface.

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HONIG, E. Solid State Chemistry and Colloid Chemistry. Nature 225, 537–538 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/225537a0

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