Bubbly flow characteristics during decompression sickness: Effect of surfactant and electrolyte on bubble size distribution

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 365, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 46-51

  Evgenidis, Sotiris P ^a   Kazakis, Nikolaos A ^a   Karapantsios, Thodoris D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Bubble size; Bubbly flow; Decompression sickness; Electrolyte; Salinity; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

AVIATION MEDICINE; BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM; COALESCENCE; ELECTROLYTES; OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION;

BUBBLE COALESCENCE; BUBBLE SIZE; BUBBLE SIZE DISTRIBUTIONS; BUBBLY FLOW; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; GAS AND LIQUID FLOWS; HUMAN BLOODS; HUMAN BODIES; LIQUID FLOW RATES; LIQUID PHASE; SURFACTANT CONCENTRATIONS; VENA CAVA;

LIQUIDS;

ELECTROLYTE; SURFACTANT;

ARTICLE; CAVA VEIN; CIRCULATION; CONDUCTANCE; DECOMPRESSION SICKNESS; FLOW RATE; GAS FLOW; LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION; VISCOSITY;

EID: 77954309824     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.02.032     Document Type: Article

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