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Foam imbibition in microgravity - An experimental study
Caps, Hervé; Decauwer, H.; Chevalier, M. L. et al.
2003In European Physical Journal B -- Condensed Matter, 33 (1), p. 115-119
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Abstract :
[en] We report an experimental study of aqueous foam imbibition in microgravity with strict mass conservation. The foam is in a Hele-Shaw cell. The bubble edge width l is measured by image analysis. The penetration of the liquid in the foam, the foam imbibition, the foam inflation, and the rigidity loss are shown all to obey strict diffusion processes. The motion of bubbles needed for the foam inflation is a slow two-dimensional process with respect to the one-dimensional capillary rise of liquid. The foam is found to imbibes faster than it inflates.
Disciplines :
Physics
Author, co-author :
Caps, Hervé ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Optofluidique
Decauwer, H.
Chevalier, M. L.
Soyez, G.
Ausloos, Marcel ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique statistique appliquée et des matériaux
Vandewalle, Nicolas  ;  Université de Liège - ULiège > Département de physique > Physique statistique
Language :
English
Title :
Foam imbibition in microgravity - An experimental study
Publication date :
2003
Journal title :
European Physical Journal B -- Condensed Matter
ISSN :
1434-6028
eISSN :
1434-6036
Publisher :
Springer-Verlag, New York, United States - New York
Volume :
33
Issue :
1
Pages :
115-119
Peer reviewed :
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