Free drainage of aqueous foams stabilized by mixtures of a non-ionic (C12DMPO) and an ionic (C12TAB) surfactant

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 419, Issue , 2013, Pages 7-14

  Carey, Enda ^a   Stubenrauch, Cosima ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Foam conductivity apparatus (FCA); Free drainage; Surfactant mixtures

Indexed keywords

BROMINE COMPOUNDS; CATIONIC SURFACTANTS; COALESCENCE; DYES; LIQUIDS;

AQUEOUS FOAMS; BUBBLE SIZE; DRY FOAMS; LIQUID FRACTION; MIXING RATIOS; NONIONIC; SURFACTANT MIXTURE;

MIXTURES;

5,5 DIMETHYL 1 PYRROLINE 1 OXIDE; DODECYLDIMETHYL PHOSPHINEOXIDE; ION; SURFACTANT; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

APPARATUS; ARTICLE; FLOW; FOAM; LIQUID; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 84871660957     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2012.11.037     Document Type: Article

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