Energy of a Drop Required to Break a Liquid Film.
Langmuir
; 37(35): 10433-10438, 2021 Sep 07.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-34428377
An external disturbance can destabilize and break a liquid film on a nonwettable surface. Previous studies focused on evaluating critical film thickness for a spontaneous breakup, but the required energy has been unknown. We experimentally found that the energy of a drop to break a liquid film is an order of magnitude more than that predicted by a free energy balance. Here, we show how to evaluate the energy needed to rupture a liquid film by considering the formation of a crater with a critical size.
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MEDLINE
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En
Journal:
Langmuir
Journal subject:
QUIMICA
Year:
2021
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Article