Size distribution functions of dispersions

✍ Scribed by Christina Angelidou; M. Psimopoulos; G.J. Jameson

• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 1979
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 610 KB
• Volume: 34
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0009-2509
• DOI: 10.1016/0009-2509(79)85112-x

✦ Synopsis

The SIX dlstnbuhon function of bubbles m thermodynamic equdlbrlum with the surroundmg hquld has been derived m the absence of gravity The derlvatlon has been based on the assumption that the gas 1s dispersed Into bubbles m a completely random way m respect of the enerses of the bubbles The size dlstnbution function of bubbles obtamed when surface tenslon effects are neglected IS of the same form as the empmcal Nuklyama-Tanasawa dlstnbution, and sves also the size dlstnbufion function of droplets consisting of an mcompresslble Isquid when the way the hqmd IS hspersed mto droplets IS assumed to be completely random with respect to the volumes of the droplets The derived size dlstnbuhon functions agree well with the expenmental size distnbuhons of bubbles m water having been generated by an au entramment process at the surface of the water or behind a ventilated body