Foams: From nature to industry

Advances in Colloid and Interface Science

Volumn 247, Issue , 2017, Pages 496-513

  Hill, Christopher ^a   Eastoe, Julian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Defoaming; Foam destabilisation; Foam stability; Man made foams; Natural foams

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CHEMICAL STABILITY; ORGANIC CARBON; PROTEINS; STABILITY; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS;

BIOCHEMICAL STABILITY; CHEMICAL NATURE; DEFOAMING; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; FOAM STABILITY; SCATTERING METHODS; STABLE FOAMS;

FOAMS;

EID: 85019936620     PISSN: 00018686     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2017.05.013     Document Type: Review

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