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The '''depletion force''' is an [[entropy |entropic]] force arising from the excluded volume (and hence net entropy gain) in a binary [[colloids |colloidal]] solution. | The '''depletion force''' is an [[entropy |entropic]] force arising from the excluded volume (and hence net entropy gain) in a binary [[colloids |colloidal]] solution. | ||
==References== | ==References== | ||
#[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1958.1203312618 Sho Asakura, Fumio Oosawa "Interaction between particles suspended in solutions of macromolecules", Journal of Polymer Science '''33''' pp. 183 - 192 (1958)] | #[http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/pol.1958.1203312618 Sho Asakura, Fumio Oosawa "Interaction between particles suspended in solutions of macromolecules", Journal of Polymer Science '''33''' pp. 183 - 192 (1958)] |
Revision as of 11:36, 23 November 2007
The depletion force is an entropic force arising from the excluded volume (and hence net entropy gain) in a binary colloidal solution.