The studies summarize the current understanding of interfacial studies based on the properties of bubbles and drops, review routine research methods such as bubble pressure, drop profile, and drop volume tensiometry, but also describes specific processes such as rising bubbles in solutions and in flotation. The topics include calculation methods for determining surface tensions in drop profile analysis tensiometry, capillary pressure tensiometry and interfacial dilational rheology, measuring the surface tension of polymer melts in supercritical fluids, particle-bubble interaction in flotation, emulsification with micro-structured membranes and micro-engineered systems, and the interfacial mass transfer of growing drops in liquid-liquid systems. Annotation ©2011 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
This book describes the most important experimental methods for characterizing liquid interfaces, such as drop profile analysis, bubble pressure and drop volume tensiometry, capillary pressure technique, and oscillating drops and bubbles. It presents practical experimental details as well as the underlying theoretical bases. In addition, the book covers a number of applications based on drops and bubbles, such as rising bubbles and the complex process of flotation. It also offers a discussion on wetting, characterized by the dynamics of advancing contact angles.
