William D. Harkins

Research.com Recognitions

• 1958 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
• 1921 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences

Overview

Best Publications

• THE DETERMINATION OF SURFACE TENSION (FREE SURFACE ENERGY), AND THE WEIGHT OF FALLING DROPS: THE SURFACE TENSION OF WATER AND BENZENE BY THE CAPILLARY HEIGHT METHOD.

  William D. Harkins;F. E. Brown

  1122
  Citations

• A general theory of the mechanism of emulsion polymerization

  William D. Harkins

  838
  Citations

• Surfaces of Solids. XIII. A Vapor Adsorption Method for the Determination of the Area of a Solid without the Assumption of a Molecular Area, and the Areas Occupied by Nitrogen and Other Molecules on the Surface of a Solid

  William D. Harkins;George Jura

  730
  Citations

• A METHOD FOR THE DETERMINATION OF SURFACE AND INTERFACIAL TENSION FROM THE MAXIMUM PULL ON A RING

  William D. Harkins;Hubert F. Jordan

  708
  Citations

• The effect of salts on the critical concentration for the formation of micelles in colloidal electrolytes.

  M. L. Corrin;William D. Harkins

  668
  Citations

• FILMS. THE SPREADING OF LIQUIDS AND THE SPREADING COEFFICIENT

  William D. Harkins;Aaron Feldman

  434
  Citations

• The State of Monolayers Adsorbed at the Interface Solid—Aqueous Solution

  Frederick M. Fowkes;William D. Harkins

  379
  Citations

• Surfaces of Solids. XII. An Absolute Method for the Determination of the Area of a Finely Divided Crystalline Solid

  William D. Harkins;George Jura

  337
  Citations

• An Adsorption Method for the Determination of the Area of a Solid without the Assumption of a Molecular Area, and the Area Occupied by Nitrogen Molecules on the Surfaces of Solids

  William D. Harkins;George Jura

  274
  Citations

• Determination of the Critical Concentration for Micelle Formation in Solutions of Colloidal Electrolytes by the Spectral Change of a Dye1

  M. L. Corrin;William D. Harkins

  251
  Citations

• A General Thermodynamic Theory of the Spreading of Liquids to Form Duplex Films and of Liquids or Solids to Form Monolayers

  William D. Harkins

  195
  Citations

• I. A Simple Accurate Film Balance of the Vertical Type for Biological and Chemical Work, and a Theoretical and Experimental Comparison with the Horizontal Type. II. Tight Packing of a Monolayer by Ions

  William D. Harkins;Thomas F. Anderson

  179
  Citations

• Surfaces of Solids. XI. Determination of the Decrease (π) of Free Surface Energy of a Solid by an Adsorbed Film

  George Jura;William D. Harkins

  177
  Citations

• General theory of mechanism of emulsion polymerization. II

  William D. Harkins

  159
  Citations

• THE EVOLUTION OF THE ELEMENTS AND THE STABILITY OF COMPLEX ATOMS. I. A NEW PERIODIC SYSTEM WHICH SHOWS A RELATION BETWEEN THE ABUNDANCE OF THE ELEMENTS AND THE STRUCTURE OF THE NUCLEI OF ATOMS.

  William D. Harkins

  146
  Citations

• The Determination of Critical Concentrations for the Formation of Soap Micelles by the Spectral Behavior of Pinacyanol Chloride

  M. L. Corrin;H. B. Klevens;William D. Harkins

  143
  Citations

• THE ORIENTATION OF MOLECULES IN THE SURFACES OF LIQUIDS, THE ENERGY RELATIONS AT SURFACES, SOLUBILITY, ADSORPTION, EMULSIFICATION, MOLECULAR ASSOCIATION, AND THE EFFECT OF ACIDS AND BASES ON INTERFACIAL TENSION.1 (SURFACE ENERGY VI.)

  William D. Harkins;Earl C. H. Davies;George L. Clark

  137
  Citations

• Surface of Solids. X. Extension of the Attractive Energy of a Solid into an Adjacent Liquid or Film, the Decrease of Energy with Distance, and the Thickness of Films

  William D. Harkins;George Jura

  137
  Citations

• A Superliquid in Two Dimensions and a First‐Order Change in a Condensed Monolayer I. Energy, Compressibility, and Order of Phase Transformations

  William D. Harkins;L. E. Copeland

  131
  Citations

• THE STRUCTURE OF THE SURFACES OF LIQUIDS, AND SOLUBILITY AS RELATED TO THE WORK DONE BY THE ATTRACTION OF TWO LIQUID SURFACES AS THEY APPROACH EACH OTHER. [SURFACE TENSION. V.]

  William D. Harkins;F. E. Brown;E. C. H. Davies

  129
  Citations