Dynamics of bubble formation in highly viscous liquids

Langmuir

Volumn 24, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 4388-4393

  Pancholi, Ketan ^a   Stride, Eleanor ^a   Edirisinghe, Mohan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAS DYNAMICS; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TUNNEL JUNCTIONS; VISCOSITY;

MICROBUBBLE SUSPENSIONS; T-JUNCTION DEVICE;

BUBBLE FORMATION;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; GAS; TIME; VISCOSITY;

GASES; TIME FACTORS; VISCOSITY;

EID: 42449101775     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la703849x     Document Type: Article

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