Atom against atom (1980)

Cartoon about the work of blacksmiths.

Samples of Damascus steel.

Metal figures.

Dreams about the possibility of easy stone processing, cartoon.

MSU building.

The dream was realized at Moscow State University under the guidance of Academician P.A. Rebinder, the founder of modern colloidal chemistry.

Photo by P.A. Rebinder.

Department for the study of the mechanism of action of surfactants.

Experience in the separation of mercury using a surfactant.

An experiment showing the plasticity of metal.

When applying liquid metal, the base metal cracks under tension.

A cartoon explaining the reasons for this phenomenon.

The most vulnerable place in metal is the surface.

Cartoon explaining the weakening of bonds in the molecular lattice when applied to the surface of some liquid metals.

Surfactants either destroy metals or make them plastic.

This is the essence of P.A. Rebinder's discovery.

Lathes.

It is known that the cutter must be stronger than the workpiece being processed.

Deformed tools.

Addition of a small amount of surfactant

the coolant facilitates metal processing.

A little substance, a strength attenuator, was introduced into the grinding wheels, friction heats the circle, the attenuator melts and covers the surface of the part, softening it.

Grinding wheels work several times longer.

Oil rig.

A surfactant was added to the washing fluid of the drilling rig and the penetration rate increased significantly.

Study of rock crushing.

It turned out that even magma is a surfactant.

Volcanic eruption.

Magma destroys mountains.

Surfactants in the processing of concrete make it possible to obtain such concrete, which is not afraid of triple overload.

Testing concrete for strength.

Complex metal structures.

Destroyed rocks.