Coalescence of bubbles and stability of foams in aqueous solutions of Tween surfactants

Chemical Engineering Research and Design

Volumn 89, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 2344-2355

  Samanta, Sayantan ^a   Ghosh, Pallab ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

Bubble; Coalescence; Film drainage theory; Foam; Ross Miles test; Stochastic theory; Tween surfactant

Indexed keywords

BUBBLE; FILM-DRAINAGE THEORY; ROSS-MILES TEST; STOCHASTIC THEORIES; TWEEN SURFACTANT;

ADSORPTION; AIR; CRITICAL MICELLE CONCENTRATION; EQUATIONS OF STATE; FOAMS; PHASE INTERFACES; SOLUTIONS; STABILITY; STOCHASTIC MODELS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS; SURFACE TENSION;

COALESCENCE;

EID: 80051686374     PISSN: 02638762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cherd.2011.04.006     Document Type: Article

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