Bubble coalescence and its effect on dynamic foam stability

Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering

Volumn 80, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 299-305

  Cho, Yoon Seong ^a   Laskowski, Janusz S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bubble size; Coalescence; Critical coalescence concentration; Dynamic foamability index; Frothers; Sparging systems; Surface tension

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COALESCENCE; FOAMS;

CRITICAL COALESCENCE CONDITIONS (CCC); FLOATATION;

CHEMICAL ENGINEERING;

BUBBLE; COALESCENCE;

AERATION; AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BUBBLE; BUBBLE COALESCENCE; BUBBLE SIZE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CRITICAL COALESCENCE CONCENTRATION; DYNAMIC FOAM STABILITY; DYNAMIC FOAMABILITY INDEX; FOAM; FROTHER; MEASUREMENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PHYSICAL PHENOMENA; SPARGED REACTOR; SPARGING SYSTEM; SURFACE TENSION;

EID: 0038617260     PISSN: 00084034     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/cjce.5450800216     Document Type: Article

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