in this research, effect of bicomponent mixed surfactant was studied on drop interface coalescence phenomenon in ambient temperature. first basic chemical system was water and toluene and 0.01 gr of sodium dodecyle sulfate (sds) and the second basic system was water and toluene and 0.01 gr of cethyl trimethy amonium bromide (ctab). various weight fractions of second surfactant including 2-hepta...

The size dependence of the drop coalescence frequency is investigated by measurement of transient drop size distributions in purely coalescing systems (with negligible drop break-up). A twopronged approach is employed to estimate the bivariate coalescence frequency function, using such experimental data. First, coalescence frequency expressions derived from mechanistic models of the relative mo...

Ballistospore discharge is a feature of 30000 species of mushrooms, basidiomycete yeasts and pathogenic rusts and smuts. The biomechanics of discharge may involve an abrupt change in the center of mass associated with the coalescence of Buller's drop and the spore. However this process occurs so rapidly that the launch of the ballistospore has never been visualized. Here we report ultra high-sp...

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Experimental results are presented about the effects of ionic strength and pH on the mean drop-size after emulsification and on the coalescence stability of emulsions, stabilized by a globular protein beta-lactoglobulin (BLG). The mean drop-size is determined by optical microscopy, whereas the coalescence stability is characterized by centrifugation. In parallel experiments, the zeta-potential ...

Adsorption of asphaltenes at the water-oil interface contributes to the stability of petroleum emulsions by forming a networked film that can hinder drop-drop coalescence. The interfacial microstructure can either be liquid-like or solid-like, depending on (i) initial bulk concentration of asphaltenes, (ii) interfacial aging time, and (iii) solvent aromaticity. Two techniques--interfacial shear...

Stored emulsions undergo various destabilizing processes including creaming and coalescence of drops. Many experimental studies have been carried out in the past to quantify drop coalescence; however, the presence of two distinct types of coalescence mechanismssone due to the relative motion between the drops and the other due to their permanent proximity to each other in the creamshas not been...

The major importance of drop coalescence in a number of natural and industrial processes provides the motivation for fundamental experimental and theoretical studies on its mechanics. One of the main difficulties of such investigations is related with the presence of a thin liquid film, typically of order 10−4 of the drop size. In numerical studies of coalescence this requires very fine spatial...