How antifoams act: A microgravity study

npj Microgravity

Volumn 1, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Yazhgur, Pavel ^a   Langevin, Dominique ^a   Caps, Hervé ^b   Klein, Vincent ^a   Rio, Emmanuelle ^a   Salonen, Anniina ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIÈGE   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BUOYANCY; MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING;

ANTIFOAMS; FOAM FILMS; FOAM PRODUCTION;

FOAM CONTROL;

EID: 85007446782     PISSN: None     EISSN: 23738065     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/npjmgrav.2015.4     Document Type: Article

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