Bounding the stability and rupture condition of emulsion and foam films

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 83, Issue 7 A, 2005, Pages 915-925

  Coons, Jim ^a   Halley, P ^b   McGlashan, S ^b   Tran Cong, T ^c  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Critical thickness; Scaling law; Spontaneous rupture; Stability; Thin films

Indexed keywords

ASYMPTOTIC STABILITY; CALCULATIONS; FOAMS; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; THICKNESS MEASUREMENT; THIN FILMS; WAVEFORM ANALYSIS;

FOAM FILMS; PHYSIOCHEMICAL PROPERTIES; RUPTURE CONDITIONS; SCALING LAW;

EMULSIONS;

FOAM;

EID: 22744456987     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1205/cherd.04346     Document Type: Article

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