ISSN:
0001-1541
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Chemistry and Pharmacology
,
Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
The surface dynamics of pendant aqueous droplets forming at a submerged nozzle in an immiscible organic solvent have been studied using a novel laser-activated photochromic tracer technique. This enabled a small element of surface to be labeled so that its subsequent history could be recorded photographically.Results for aqueous droplets forming in toluene in the absence of any mass transfer indicated only a slow interfacial circulation from the front to the rear, and there was no indication of any surface renewal as a result of hydrodynamic flow even at nozzle Reynolds numbers as high as 300. By contrast, the introduction of any one of a number of organic solutes into the toluene phase led to sporadic Marangoni-type interfacial disturbances, which in turn resulted in rapid replacement of elements of the droplet surface. It is proposed that renewal of the droplet surface is dependent on solute diffusion in the present instance and that the processes of surface renewal and mass transfer are likely to be interactive.
Additional Material:
6 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/aic.690310704
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