Residual patterns of alkyl polyoxyethylene surfactant droplets after water evaporation

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 56, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 213-219

  Pierce, Scott M ^a   Chan, Kwaichow B ^a   Zhu, Heping ^b  

^a ALBANY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Droplet spreading; Microdroplet island; Ring formation; Sessile droplet evaporation; Spray additive; Surfactant pattern formation

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; MACROGOL DERIVATIVE; SURFACTANT; WATER;

ALKYLATION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; HUMIDITY; PHASE TRANSITION; TEMPERATURE;

AGROCHEMICALS; ALKYLATION; HUMIDITY; PHASE TRANSITION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; SURFACE-ACTIVE AGENTS; TEMPERATURE; WATER;

EID: 38549108924     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf072372y     Document Type: Article

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