A Comprehensive Study of Surface Energy

by Grace Young (Editor)

Surface energy represents the excess energy that is present at the surface of a material as compared to the whole material. When a solid body is cut into two pieces, its bonds get disrupted and the surface area increases. As a result, the surface energy also increases. Surface energy can be determined by measuring it with contact angle experiments. In this method, the contact angle of liquids, such as water and diiodomethane, is measured with the surface and surface energy is calculated on the basis of surface tension and contact angle. Surface energy can also be determined by calculating the surface energy of a deformed solid and by calculating the surface formation energy of a crystalline solid. This book covers in detail some existent theories and innovative concepts revolving around surface energy. It is an upcoming field of science that has undergone rapid development over the past few decades. For someone with an interest and eye for detail, this book covers the most significant topics in the field of surface energy.

247 pages, Hardcover

Published March 1, 2022

About the author

Dubbed “The Stir-Fry Guru” by the New York Times, Grace Young has devoted her career to celebrating wok cookery. Her accolades include a James Beard award for her cookbook Stir-Frying to the Sky’s Edge and a James Beard nomination in 2018 for The Breath of a Wok video. She has won five IACP awards including the prestigious 2019 Culinary Classics Award for The Breath of a Wok, (the “youngest” book to be inducted into the Cookbook Hall of Fame). It also won the Jane Grigson Award for distinguished scholarship. Grace’s latest video, the Wok Therapist was released in 2019. Her family’s wok, which dates back to 1949, is currently displayed at the Museum of Food and Drink’s Chow exhibit and will soon be relocated to the Smithsonian National Museum of American History where it will continue to serve as a significant artifact of Chinese American culinary history.