Ethanol-based foam stability as probed by foam lamella thinning

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 12, 2003, Pages 2634-2638

  Sethumadhavan, Gopi N ^a   Nikolov, Alex D ^a   Wasan, Darsh T ^a   Srivastava, Vipul J ^b   Kilbane II, John J ^b   Hayes, Thomas D ^b  

^a Illinois Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b GAS TECHNOLOGY INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CAPILLARITY; ETHANOL; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

FOAM LAMELLA THINNING;

FOAMS;

ALCOHOL; NONIONIC SURFACTANT;

FOAM;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; FOAM; FORCE; MICELLE; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; THICKNESS;

EID: 0037872062     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0205896     Document Type: Article

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