Bubble coarsening dynamics in fluorinated and non-fluorinated firefighting foams

Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects

Volumn 470, Issue , 2015, Pages 268-279

  Kennedy, Matthew J ^a   Conroy, Michael W ^a   Dougherty, John A ^a   Otto, Nicholas ^a   Williams, Bradley A ^a   Fleming, James W ^a,b  

^a NAVAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^b NOVA RESEARCH INC   (United States)

Author keywords

Bubbles; Foam; Surfactant

Indexed keywords

BUBBLES (IN FLUIDS); COARSENING; DIFFUSION; FIRE EXTINGUISHERS; FIRE FIGHTING EQUIPMENT; FIRES; FOAMS; SODIUM SULFATE; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; SURFACE TENSION;

CHEMICAL FORMULATION; CLASSICAL THEORY; COARSENING DYNAMICS; DRAINAGE BEHAVIOR; EFFECTIVE DIFFUSION COEFFICIENTS; FIREFIGHTING FOAMS; FLUOROCARBON SURFACTANT; SINGLE COMPONENTS;

SODIUM DODECYL SULFATE;

DODECYL SULFATE SODIUM; FLUORINE; FLUOROCARBON;

ARTICLE; BUBBLE COARSENING; DIFFUSION COEFFICIENT; DYNAMICS; FLUORINATED FIREFIGHTING FOAM; FLUORINATION; FOAM; MICROBUBBLE; NON FLUORINATED FIREFIGHTING FOAM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE TENSION; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 84923884391     PISSN: 09277757     EISSN: 18734359     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2015.01.062     Document Type: Article

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