Bubble, surface lifetime

To separate the surface lifetime from the total time interval between subsequent bubbles an approximation of the dead time according to geometric parameters of capillary and bubble volume was derived Fainerman Lylyk (1982) and Fainerman (1990). A substantial improvement for the exact determination of surface lifetime and its calculation was carried out by Fainerman (1992) who defined a critical point in the experimental curve in co-ordinates "pressure-gas flow rate". This point corresponds to a change in the flow regime from individual bubble formation to a gas jet regime. The calculation of the so-called effective age the surface (effective adsorption time) from the bubble surface lifetime was discussed by different authors ... 

The design of a bubble pressure tensiometer changes from instrument to instrument, according to the specific measurement procedures. As an example, Fig. 14 illustrates the schematic diagram of the tensiometer BPA (SINTERFACE) equipped with a gas flow oscillation analyser to measure the bubble surface lifetime. 

FIG. 8 Effects of the number of EO units on the dynamic surface tension, y, vs. bubble surface lifetime, t, eurve for 1 mM aqueous C12En solutions at 26°C. 

Data on emulsion film formation from insoluble surfactant monolayer are rather poor. It is known, however, that such films can be obtained when a bubble is blown at the surface of insoluble monolayers on an aqueous substrate [391,392]. Richter, Platikanov and Kretzschmar [393] have developed a technique for formation of black foam films which involves blowing a bubble at the interface of controlled monolayer (see Chapter 2). Experiments performed with monolayers from DL-Py-dipalmitoyl-lecithin on 510 3 mol dm 3 NaCl aqueous solution at 22°C gave two important results. Firstly, it was established that foam films, including black films, with a sufficiently long lifetime, formed only when the monolayer of lecithin molecules had penetrated into the bubble surface as well, i.e. there are monolayers at both film surfaces on the contrary a monolayer, however dense, formed only at one of the film surfaces could not stabilize it alone and the film ruptured at the instant of its formation. Secondly, relatively stable black films formed at rather high surface pressures of the monolayer at area less than 53A2 per molecule, i.e. the monolayer should be close-packed, which corresponds to the situation in black films stabilized with soluble surfactants. 

In the maximum bubble pressure method, the interval between two bubbles ( the lifetime of one bubble) is the only measure of the age of the growing surface. Such intervals can nowadays be varied between milliseconds and several hours. Modem pressure transdueers allow small pressures to be measured rapidly and accurately. The trend is that the mcudmum pressure increases with increasing flow rate, as expected. 

The design of a maximum bubble pressure method for high bubble formation frequencies must address three main problems the measurement of bubble pressure, the measurement of bubble formation frequency, and the estimation of surface lifetime and effective surface age. 

An interesting way to retard catalyst deactivation is to expose the reaction mixture to ultrasound. Ultrasound treatment of the mixture creates local hot spots, which lead to the formation of cavitation bubbles. These cavitation bubbles bombard the solid, dirty surface leading to the removal of carbonaceous deposits [38]. The ultrasound source can be inside the reactor vessel (ultrasound stick) or ultrasound generators can be placed in contact with the wall of the reactor. Both designs work in practice, and the catalyst lifetime can be essentially prolonged, leading to process intensification. The effects of ultrasound are discussed in detail in a review article [39]. 

Transient cavitation bubbles are voids, or vapour filled bubbles, believed to be produced using sound intensities in excess of 10 W cm. They exist for one, or at most a few acoustic cycles, expanding to a radius of at least twice their initial size, (Figs. 2.16 and 2.20), before collapsing violently on compression often disintegrating into smaller bubbles. (These smaller bubbles may act as nuclei for further bubbles, or if of sufficiently small radius (R) they can simply dissolve into the bulk of the solution under the action of the very large forces due to surface tension, 2a/R. During the lifetime of the transient bubble it is assumed that there is no time for any mass flow, by diffusion of gas, into or out of the bubble, whereas evaporation and condensation of liquid is assumed to take place freely. If there is no gas to cushion the implosion... 

Therefore, the stability and lifetime of such thin films will be dependent on these different characteristics. This is evident from the fact that, as an air bubble is blown under the surface of a soap or detergent solution, it will rise up to the surface. It may remain at the surface if the speed is slow, or it may escape into the air as a soap bubble. Experiments show that a soap bubble consists of a very thin liquid him with an iridescent surface. But, as the huid drains away and the thickness decreases, the bubble approaches the equivalent of barely two surfactant molecules plus a few molecules of water. It is worth noting that the limiting thickness is of the order of two or more surfactant molecules. This means that one can see with the naked eye the molecular-size structures of thin liquid hlms (TLFs) (if curved). 

The lifetime of foams can be greatly extended by increasing the viscosity of the liquid or its surface layer that is, enhanced viscosity retards drainage of liquid from between the bubbles. 

The surface elasticity force is considered as the most important factor of stability of steady-state foams [113]. In the model of Malysa [123] it is assumed that a dynamic foam is a non-equilibrium system and phenomena occurring in the solution have an influence on the formation and stability of the foam. The foam collapse takes place only at the top of the foam bubbles at thickness larger than 100 nm, where fl = 0. So, the lifetime of the bubbles at the... 

It has been established that the rise of the NaCl concentration in the Volgonate and NaDoS solutions leads to a decrease in surface tension and initial drainage rate and to an increase in foam dispersity and lifetime. The addition of dodecanol has the most significant effect on all foam structural parameters, rate of drainage processes and increase in bubble size. Fig. 10.12 depicts the dependence xR versus dodecanol concentration of a foam from alkylsulphonate (C = 0.2%). 

Figure 18. The electron tunneling lifetime x = l/

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