Compound Pendant Drop Tensiometry for Interfacial Tension Measurement at Zero Bond Number

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• 作者：Michael J. Neeson ; Derek Y. C. Chan ; Rico F. Tabor
• 刊名：Langmuir
• 出版年：2014
• 出版时间：December 30, 2014
• 年：2014
• 卷：30
• 期：51
• 页码：15388-15391
• 全文大小：297K
• ISSN：1520-5827

文摘

A widely used method to determine the interfacial tension between fluids is to quantify the pendant drop shape that is determined by gravity and interfacial tension forces. Failure of this method for small drops or small fluid density differences is a critical limitation in microfluidic applications and when only small fluid samples are available. By adding a small spherical particle to the interface to apply an axisymmetric deformation, both the particle density and the interfacial tension can be simultaneously and precisely determined, providing an accurate and elegant solution to a long-standing problem.