Bubble and Foam Chemistry

Erscheinungsjahr 2016
ISBN: 978-1-107-09057-6
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, 444 Seiten, Format (B × H): 182 mm x 255 mm, Gewicht: 1010 g

This indispensable guide will equip the reader with a thorough understanding of the field of foaming chemistry. Assuming only basic theoretical background knowledge, the book provides a straightforward introduction to the principles and properties of foams and foaming surfactants. It discusses the key ideas that underpin why foaming occurs, how it can be avoided and how different degrees of antifoaming can be achieved, and covers the latest test methods, including laboratory and industrial developed techniques. Detailing a variety of different kinds of foams, from wet detergents and food foams, to polymeric, material and metal foams, it connects theory to real-world applications and recent developments in foam research. Combining academic and industrial viewpoints, this book is the definitive stand-alone resource for researchers, students and industrialists working on foam technology, colloidal systems in the field of chemical engineering, fluid mechanics, physical chemistry, and applied physics.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pugh, Robert J

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Physik Mechanik Kontinuumsmechanik, Strömungslehre
• Technische Wissenschaften Verfahrenstechnik | Chemieingenieurwesen | Biotechnologie Chemische Verfahrenstechnik
• Naturwissenschaften Physik Thermodynamik Festkörperphysik, Kondensierte Materie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; Symbols; 1. Basic principles and concepts; 2. The nature and properties of foaming surfactants; 3. Soap bubbles and foam films; 4. Processes in foaming; 5. The generation of bubbles and foams; 6. The coalescence of bubbles in surfactant solutions; 7. The stability/instability of bubbles and foams; 8. Particle stabilized bubbles and foams; 9. Foaming in non aqueous liquids; 10. Antifoaming and defoaming; 11. Bubble size measurements and foam test methods; 12. Developments in foam research.

Über Autor(innen)

Pugh, Robert J
Robert J. Pugh is a Visiting Professor at Nottingham Trent University. He is an active member of the foams community and has almost twenty years' experience in industry, having worked as a foam specialist for Dow Chemicals and Unilever Research. He has also acted as a consultant for Argus Fire, Akzo Nobel, Nestlé, GlaxoSmithKline, Proctor and Gamble, and Arizona Chemicals. He has edited two previous books in the field of surface and colloid science, and authored several highly cited review papers on the topic of foams and foaming.