Bubble and Foam Chemistry

This indispensable guide will equip the reader with a thorough understanding of the field of foaming chemistry.

Robert J. Pugh (Author)

9781107090576, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 8 September 2016

444 pages, 307 b/w illus. 7 tables
25.2 x 18 x 2.3 cm, 1.01 kg

'Bubble and Foam Chemistry covers the rarely discussed physical chemistry of liquid foams, such as why they form and how they can be measured and prevented … The book is full of illustrations, which are instructive for those involved in the field.' J. Allison, CHOICE

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.

Preface
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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.

Subject Areas: Chemical engineering [TDCB], Industrial chemistry [TDC], Condensed matter physics [liquid state & solid state physics PHFC], Materials / States of matter [PHF], Fluid mechanics [PHDF], Classical mechanics [PHD]