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The Role of Foam in Detergent Action
Author(s) -
Stevenson D. G.
Publication year - 1952
Publication title -
journal of the society of dyers and colourists
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.297
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1478-4408
pISSN - 0037-9859
DOI - 10.1111/j.1478-4408.1952.tb02748.x
Subject(s) - action (physics) , chemistry , physics , quantum mechanics
Foams have the power of sucking oil into the junctions between the liquid films or lamellae which separate air bubbles, probably because the cury ature of the water‐air surface is greatest, and the pressure in the liquid lowest, at these junctions. When a foam carrying lines of oil along these junctions breaks, the oil is dispersed as fine droplets; therefore foams can assist emulsification of oil.