Droplet size scaling of water-in-oil emulsions under turbulent flow

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 104-110

  Boxall, John A ^a   Koh, Carolyn A ^a   Sloan, E Dendy ^a   Sum, Amadeu K ^a   Wu, David T ^a  

^a Department of Geology and Geological Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROCESS; CLASSICAL SCALING; CONTINUOUS PHASE; DROPLET SIZES; ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS; FLUID INERTIA; FOCUSED BEAMS; HIGH SHEAR RATE; HIGH VISCOSITIES; INERTIAL SUBRANGE; INTERFACIAL TENSIONS; NATURAL PROCESS; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; REYNOLDS; SCALING REGIMES; SHEAR RATES; SINGLE CURVES; SQUARE ROOTS; STABLE SUSPENSIONS; SUBRANGE; TURBULENT MIXING; VIDEO MICROSCOPE; VISCOUS OIL; WATER IN OIL EMULSIONS; WEBER NUMBERS;

CHEMICAL STABILITY; EMULSIFICATION; EMULSIONS; PROBES; SHEAR DEFORMATION; SURFACE TENSION; SUSPENSIONS (FLUIDS); TURBULENT FLOW; VISCOSITY;

DROPS;

OIL; WATER;

ARTICLE; EMULSION; FLOW KINETICS;

EMULSIONS; OILS; RHEOLOGY; WATER;

EID: 84855668565     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la202293t     Document Type: Article

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