Foams : Structure and Dynamics
Isabelle. Cantat
Bok Engelsk 2013 · Electronic books.
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| Originaltittel | [ Mousses. .] English
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| Utgitt | Oxford : Oxford University Press , 2013
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| Omfang | 1 online resource (278 p.)
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| Opplysninger | Description based upon print version of record.. - ""Cover""; ""Contents""; ""1 Uses of foams""; ""1 The foams around us""; ""1.1 Foams in mythology""; ""1.2 On your plate and in your glass""; ""1.3 Detergents and cosmetics""; ""1.4 Spontaneous or undesirable foams""; ""2 Foam identiifcation""; ""2.1 Physico-chemical constituents""; ""2.2 Geometrical and physical properties""; ""2.3 Mechanical properties""; ""3 What are foams used for?""; ""3.1 Desirable functions""; ""3.2 Mineral flotation""; ""4 Solid foams and other cellular systems""; ""4.1 Solid foams""; ""4.2 Other cellular structures""; ""5 Experiments"". - ""4 Drainage""""4.1 What is drainage?""; ""4.2 Free drainage""; ""4.3 Forced drainage""; ""4.4 Modelling flows in solid porous media""; ""4.5 Modelling the permeability of a liquid foam""; ""4.6 Drainage equations""; ""4.7 Comparison of theoretical predictions with experiments""; ""4.8 Summary and remarks""; ""5 Rupture and coalescence""; ""5.1 Rupture at the scale of a single film""; ""5.2 Rupture at the scale of a foam""; ""5.3 Defoamers and antifoams""; ""6 Appendices""; ""6.1 Stabilizing agents""; ""6.2 Dissipation due to surfactant motion during the steady expansion of a film"". - ""4.3 Role of gravity""""5 2D and quasi-2D foams""; ""5.1 3D structure of a monolayer of bubbles between two plates""; ""5.2 A model for a dry 2D foam""; ""5.3 Two-dimensional liquid fraction""; ""5.4 2D foam flows""; ""6 Experiments""; ""6.1 Surface tension and surfactants""; ""6.2 Creation and observation of 2D and quasi-2D foams""; ""6.3 Giant soap films""; ""6.4 Kelvin cell""; ""7 Exercises""; ""7.1 Interfacial area of a foam""; ""7.2 Film tension and the Young�Laplace law""; ""7.3 Plateau�s laws in 2D""; ""7.4 Euler�s formula""; ""7.5 Perimeter of a regular 2D bubble"". - ""5.1 Three ways to make a foam""""5.2 Chocolate mousse""; ""References""; ""2 Foams at equilibrium""; ""1 Description at all length-scales""; ""1.1 At the scale of a gas/liquid interface""; ""1.2 At the scale of a film""; ""1.3 At the scale of a bubble""; ""1.4 At the scale of a foam""; ""2 Local equilibrium laws""; ""2.1 Equilibrium of fluid interfaces""; ""2.2 Plateau�s laws""; ""3 Dry foams""; ""3.1 Number of neighbours: topology""; ""3.2 Bubble geometry""; ""3.3 Topology and geometry""; ""4 Wet foams""; ""4.1 Modification of the structure""; ""4.2 Osmotic pressure"". - ""7 Experiments"". - ""7.6 Energy and pressure""""References""; ""3 Birth, life, and death""; ""1 Foam evolution""; ""1.1 The competition between different processes""; ""1.2 Elementary topological processes""; ""2 Birth of a foam""; ""2.1 Foamability: introduction to the role of surfactants""; ""2.2 Interfacial properties and foamability""; ""2.3 Properties of liquid films and foamability""; ""2.4 Summary of the microscopic origins of foamability""; ""3 Coarsening""; ""3.1 Growth rate of a bubble in a dry foam""; ""3.2 Evolution of bubble distributions in a dry foam""; ""3.3 Effects of different parameters"". - In this work, beginners, engineers, and researchers entering the field can easily find clear, up-to-date answers to their questions regarding the physical and physico-chemical properties of aqueous foams, as well as their numerous industrial applications, explained using current knowledge of their structure, their stability, and their rheology.
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| ISBN | 9780199662890
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