A new device for the generation of microbubbles

Physics of Fluids

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 2828-2834

  Gordillo, José M ^a   Cheng, Zhengdong ^b   Ganan Calvo, Alfonso M ^a   Marquez M ^c,d   Weitz, D A ^e  

^a UNIVERSIDAD DE SEVILLA   (Spain)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^e HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARAMETER ESTIMATION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); VISCOUS FLOW;

MICROBUBBLES; PRESSURE DROPS; SCALING;

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS);

BUBBLE; GAS-LIQUID MIXING;

EID: 4344585995     PISSN: 10706631     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1737739     Document Type: Article

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