With industrial use growing steadily in traditional and novel areas, Colloidal Silica: Fundamentals and Applications investigates the formation, constitution, and behavior of colloidal silica systems. It introduces new information on colloid science related to silica chemistry and presents both theoretical and experimental aspects of significant areas of colloidal silica science and technology. Appealing to scientists interested in silica chemistry and physics, the text features up-to-date material relating to fields as diverse as catalysis, metallurgy, electronics, glass, ceramics, paper and...