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If a densely packed monolayer of particles (a particle raft) at the interface between two fluids with a large difference of surface pressure (such as air and water) comes into contact with surfactants, the monolayer shows a rick cracking behavior. This can for example be observed when drinking black tea, where tea particles hanging together at the surface are being broken apart by the addition of milk. | If a densely packed monolayer of particles (a particle raft) at the interface between two fluids with a large difference of surface pressure (such as air and water) comes into contact with surfactants, the monolayer shows a rick cracking behavior. This can for example be observed when drinking black tea, where tea particles hanging together at the surface are being broken apart by the addition of milk. | ||
| − | [[Fritz_raft_1.jpg|thumb|400px|Fig.1 The addition of a drop of surfactant to a monolayer of particles leads to the propagation of cracks, seen in black.]] | + | [[Image:Fritz_raft_1.jpg|thumb|400px|Fig.1 The addition of a drop of surfactant to a monolayer of particles leads to the propagation of cracks, seen in black.]] |
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Revision as of 18:43, 28 September 2009
Original entry by Joerg Fritz, AP225 Fall 2009
Source
"Dynamics of Surfactant-Driven Fracture of Particle Rafts"
Dominic Vella, Ho-Young Kim, Pascale Aussillous, and L. Mahadevan: Physical Review Letters, 2006, 96, pp 178301-1 to 178301-4.
Keywords
Particle rafts, Surfactant, Fracture, Cracking, Particulate interface, Surface tension
Summary
If a densely packed monolayer of particles (a particle raft) at the interface between two fluids with a large difference of surface pressure (such as air and water) comes into contact with surfactants, the monolayer shows a rick cracking behavior. This can for example be observed when drinking black tea, where tea particles hanging together at the surface are being broken apart by the addition of milk.
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