Influence of external electric field on the polarity of water droplets in water-in-oil emulsion phase transition

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 375, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 61-67

  Rayat, Kaveh ^a   Feyzi, Farzaneh ^a  

^a IRAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Electric field; Induced polarity; Phase transition; Water in oil emulsion

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DROP FORMATION; ELECTRIC FIELDS; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; PERTURBATION TECHNIQUES; PHASE DIAGRAMS;

ADSORPTION LAYER; DIPOLE DIPOLE INTERACTIONS; DROP DIAMETERS; EQUILIBRIUM CONDITIONS; EXPERIMENTAL DATA; EXTERNAL ELECTRIC FIELD; FIRST ORDER; INDUCED POLARITY; PERTURBATION THEORY; THERMODYNAMIC MODEL; WATER DROPLETS; WATER IN OIL EMULSIONS; WATER-IN-OIL EMULSION;

PHASE TRANSITIONS;

OIL; WATER;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPOLE; ELECTRIC FIELD; EMULSION; EQUILIBRIUM CONSTANT; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PHASE TRANSITION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; THERMODYNAMICS;

EID: 78751621341     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.11.056     Document Type: Article

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