Foams under dynamic conditions

✍ Scribed by K. Malysa; K. Lunkenheimer

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2008
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 475 KB
• Volume: 13
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 1359-0294
• DOI: 10.1016/j.cocis.2007.11.008

✦ Synopsis

This review has been focused on the importance of dynamic effects in foam formation and stability. It has been demonstrated that as foams are always formed under dynamic conditions so the equilibrium adsorption coverage's will usually not yet be attained. This fact may have a pronounced effect on the magnitude of the forces stabilizing the foam films. It has been underlined that more attention should be focused on the conditions of the foams' formation and existence because the mutual importance of the different types of the foam stabilizing forces can vary significantly depending on the stage of foam life and the conditions of its existence. Thus, none of these forces can solely determine the properties of the varying foam systems.