Contents - Preface - Introduction - I. THE SOLID STATE - Crystal types - Crystallographic classification- Supercooled liquids - Pigments - Particlesize - Particle number and size determination- Surface area - II. THE LIQUID STATE - Vapour pressure - Latent heat - Viscosity -Surface tension - Work of adhesion - Opticalactivity - Light absorption - Refractive index- Dielectric constant - III. SOLUTIONS AND DISPERSIONS - Mechanism of solution - Suspension of solids- Colloidal suspensions - Lyophilic colloids -Application to resins -IV. SURFACE ACTIVITY - Types of surface-active compounds - Gas-liquidsystems - Liquid-liquid systems -V. CATALYSIS -VI. RHEOLOGY OF DISPERSED SYSTEMS -VII. CHEMICAL REACTIONS -Law of mass action - Equilibrium reactions insolution - Ostwald's dilution law - The ionizationof water - The common ion effect -Hydrolysis of salts - Buffer solutions - Thetheory of indicators - Acids and bases -Solubility product - Heterogeneous equilibria- The phase rule -VIII. PRINCIPLES OF METALLIC CORROSION -Corrosion in acids, alkaline solutions, purewater, salt solutions - Attack on paint films -Corrosion of single metals - Prevention ofcorrosion - Cathodic protection - Anodicprotection -IX. LIGHT AND COLOUR - Nomenclature - The trichromatic scale - Thesubtractive method - Pigment identificationIndex -