Journal of Shanghai University(Natural Science Edition) ›› 2020, Vol. 26 ›› Issue (2): 244-254.doi: 10.12066/j.issn.1007-2861.2024

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A new method for measuring surface tension—real sphere bubble method

GUO Jie1, YU Zhongda1(), ZHENG Shaobo1, RYO Moriyasu2, HIROMICHI Takebe3, KUSUHIRO Mukai4   

  1. 1. State Key Laboratory of Advanced Special Steel, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444
    2. Sanwa Hydrotech Corporation, Fukuchiyama 620-0853, Japan
    3. Graduate School of Science and Engineering, National University Corporation Ehime University, Matsuyama 790-0826, Japan
    4. Kyushu Institute of Technology, Kyushu 804-8550, Japan
  • Received:2018-03-29 Online:2020-04-30 Published:2020-04-29
  • Contact: YU Zhongda E-mail:yuzhongda66@163.com

Abstract:

A new device for measuring surface tension was designed, and the surface tension of liquid was calculated through real-time measurement of the radius and the differential pressure between inside and outside of the liquid bubble. This new method of measuring liquid surface tension is known as real sphere bubble method (RSBM). In this paper, the surface tension of sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) solutions is measured. The results are consistent with the literature. The absolute accuracy of this apparatus is 98.2%. In addition, ΔPm is the maximum differential pressure required for rapid growth of bubbles formed by SDS solutions. The difficult level of foaming a liquid bubble and the size of a bubble is quantitatively analyzed by detecting ΔPm for sudden bubble growth and the change of surface area over time.

Key words: real sphere bubble method (RSBM), surface tension, sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) solution, the mechanism of the bubble growth

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