Observations on single drop formation from a capillary tube at low flow rates

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 334, Issue 1-3, 2009, Pages 197-202

  Wang, Wei ^a,b   Ngan, Kwun Ho ^a   Gong, Jing ^b   Angeli, Panagiota ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHINA UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM   (China)

Author keywords

Current contact angle; Drop formation; Force balance analysis; Wetting conditions

Indexed keywords

CONTACT ANGLE; DROP FORMATION; FLOW OF GASES; FLOW RATE; PHASE INTERFACES; WETTING;

CAPILLARY WALLS; CURRENT CONTACT ANGLE; DROP GROWTHS; DROP HEIGHTS; DROP WETTED; FORCE BALANCE ANALYSIS; FORMATION PROCESSES; GEOMETRIC PARAMETERS; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; LOW FLOW RATES; MEASURED PARAMETERS; STATIC WATERS;

DROPS;

ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CAPILLARY FLOW; CAPILLARY WALL; CHEMICAL PHENOMENA; CONTACT ANGLE; DROP FORMATION; FLOW RATE; FORCE; FORCE BALANCE ANALYSIS; GEOMETRY; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION; VELOCITY; WETTABILITY;

EID: 57649227476     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2008.10.011     Document Type: Article

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