表面化学的最新研究为水处理中许多受化学控制的过程的速率提供了新的见解，并为预测主变量（如pH）变化导致的行为差异提供了更清晰的框架。水处理中涉及表面化学反应的过程，可以这种方式处理，包括溶解，沉淀、凝聚、沉积和表面催化。在这些过程中，一个常见的化学步骤是固液界面上的络合作用——将特定的化学物质附着到规定成分的表面上。包括45个参考文献、表格和图表。

Recent work in surface chemistry gives fresh insight into the rate of many processes in water treatment that are subject to chemical control and offers a clearer framework for predicting behavioral differences resulting from changes in master variables such as pH. Processes of interest in water treatment involving surface-chemical reactions that can be treated in this manner include dissolution, precipitation, coagulation, deposition, and surface catalysis. A common chemical step in these processes is complexation at the solid-liquid interface -- attachment of a specific chemical species onto a surface of defined composition. Includes 45 references, tables, figures.