This paper reviews the technique of electroacoustics as it has been applied to aqueous suspensions of inorganic particles. It starts by charting the development of the technique from its earliest beginnings in the 1930s to the present day. The technique has become well established in the last decade with the advent of the Acoustosizer and the Acoustosizer II. Illustrations of how the technique can be used are given based on the author's own experience, especially the measurement of iso electric points, the adsorption of polyelectrolytes, the effect of ionic strength, the effect of powder surface area and the dissolution of material from powders. Some new data on (a) the adsorption of different molecular weights of polyacrylic acid onto alumina and (b) titanium dioxide suspensions are also presented.

中文翻译：

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使用电声技术测量浓缩水悬浮液中Zeta电位的综述。

本文综述了电声技术已应用于无机颗粒的水悬浮液。它首先概述了该技术从1930年代最早到现在的发展。在过去的十年中，随着Acoustosizer和Acoustosizer II的问世，该技术已经得到了很好的确立。根据作者的经验给出了如何使用该技术的说明，特别是等电点的测量，聚电解质的吸附，离子强度的影响，粉末表面积的影响以及粉末中材料的溶解。还提供了有关（a）不同分子量的聚丙烯酸在氧化铝上的吸附和（b）二氧化钛悬浮液的一些新数据。