The 16th International Symposium on Rarefied Gas Dynamics (KGD16) was held July 10-16, 1988 at the Pasadena Convention Center, Pasadena, CA. As anticipated, the resurging interest in hypersonic flight, along with escalating space operations, has resulted in a marked increase in …
This primer provides an introduction to the subject of surfaces at the level of undergraduates and first year postgraduates. There are three chapters. The first chapter concentrates on gas adsorption at solid surfaces and covers topics including Langmuir adsorption isotherms, he…