On the design of electrical conductance probes for foam drainage applications. Assessment of ring electrodes performance and bubble size effects on measurements

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 323, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 139-148

  Karapantsios, Thodoris D ^a   Papara, Maria ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bubble size effects; Foam electrical conductivity; Foam stability; Impedance probe; Ring electrodes

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC EXCITATION; ELECTRODES; PHOTOGRAPHY; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; VOLUME FRACTION;

BUBBLE SIZE EFFECTS; FOAM ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FOAM STABILITY; IMPEDANCE PROBES; RING ELECTRODES;

FOAMS;

ARTICLE; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRODE; FOAM; LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VOLUMETRY;

EID: 44449146095     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2007.10.003     Document Type: Article

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