A new device for assessing film stability in foams: Experiment and theory

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 382, Issue 1-3, 2011, Pages 64-73

  Kostoglou, M ^a   Georgiou, E ^a   Karapantsios, T D ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coalescence; Electrical resistance measurements; Foam stability; Liquid bridge; Surfactant stabilization; Thin film

Indexed keywords

CABLE STAYED BRIDGES; COALESCENCE; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODES; EXPERIMENTS; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; THIN FILMS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCE MEASUREMENTS; ELECTRICAL RESISTANCES; ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTIVE LIQUIDS; FILM DRAINAGE; FILM STABILITY; FOAM STABILITY; LAST STAGE; LIQUID BRIDGE; METALLIC ELECTRODES; MODEL RESULTS; NEW DEVICES; PARAMETRIC STUDY; PRE-SELECTED; SIMPLE APPROACH; SINGLE FOAM BUBBLES; SPHERICAL BUBBLES; SURFACTANT STABILIZATION; THEORETICAL MODELS; VERTICALLY ALIGNED; VOLUME CONSTRAINT; WITHDRAWAL RATE;

LIQUIDS;

AQUEOUS SOLUTION; ARTICLE; BIOFILM; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC RESISTANCE; ELECTRODE; FLOW KINETICS; FLOW RATE; FOAM STABILITY; LIQUID; MICROBUBBLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 79956016235     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2010.12.028     Document Type: Article

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