Experimental assessment of the wettability and surface free energy of homogeneous and heterogeneous porous media [Elektronische Ressource] / von Juan Carlos Ramírez-Flores

Experimental assessment of the wettability and surface free energy of homogeneous and heterogeneous porous media Von der Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultät der Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover zur Erlangung des Grades eines DOKTORS DER NATURWISSENSCHAFTEN Dr. rer. nat. genehmigte Dissertation von Magister en Ciencias Mención Silvicultura Juan Carlos Ramírez-Flores geboren am 26.02.1972 in Valdivia, Chile 2009 Referent: Prof. Dr. Jörg Bachmann Korreferent: PD Dr. Horst Gerke Tag der Promotion: 10. 06.2009 Acknowledgements I want to express my deep gratitude to my supervisor Prof. Dr. Jörg Bachmann, for his guidance and friendship through these years in the Institut für Bodenkunde of the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover. To our estimated friend of the Universidad Austral de Chile, Prof. Dr. Achim Ellies (1944-2004), for helping me in this great opportunity in my life and career. Love to his family. Special thanks to all the great scientists I had the chance to meet, for helping me in shaping this work: Prof. Dr. Abraham Marmur, Prof. Dr. J. Bottcher, Prof. Dr. K. H. Hartge, Prof. Dr. W. R. Fischer and Prof. Dr. M. Th. Van Genuchten. Many thanks to all my friends and collegues of the Institut für Bodenkunde, for their support and helpful advice.