Aqueous foams and foam films stabilised by surfactants. Gravity-free studies

Comptes Rendus - Mecanique

Volumn 345, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 47-55

  Langevin, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SUD   (France)

Author keywords

Aqeous foams; Foam films; Microgravity

Indexed keywords

EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FOAM; GRAVITY; LITERATURE REVIEW; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; RHEOLOGY; SURFACTANT; THEORETICAL STUDY;

EID: 85007484151     PISSN: 16310721     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.crme.2016.10.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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