The Oil/Water Interface

A JOINT meeting of the Faraday Society and the Physical Society was held in London on January 9 to discuss the oil/water interface. In spite of adverse conditions which prevail at the moment for such meetings, and the impossibility of the meeting taking on its usual international atmosphere, the room was quickly filled beyond capacity. There were also some of our Dutch, Belgian and Greek colleagues present to keep alive the spirit of international collaboration in science, fostered by the Faraday Society discussions. The discussion, which was opened by the president, Prof. E. K. Rideal, was at times very animated. The president stressed the implications this subject has on a very large number of scientific and industrial fields, and the papers read were divided into biological, physical, chemical (emulsions), and theoretical sections.