Damping of Capillary Waves and Kinetics of Adsorption
in Alcohol Solutions

B. A. Noskov

Research Institute of Chemistry, St. Petersburg State University,
Universitetskii pr. 2, Staryi Petergof, St. Petersburg, 198904 Russia

Received June 10, 1996

Abstract—The method of capillary waves was employed to study the kinetics of adsorption of normal alcohols
at the aqueous solution–air interface. Comparison of the theoretical dependences of the damping coefficient of
capillary waves on concentration with experimental data indicates the absence of an adsorption barrier for pro-
pyl, butyl, amyl, and hexyl alcohols.

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