Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol.51, No.44, 14408-14413, 2012
Effect of Foaming Method on Mechanical Properties of Aqueous Foams Prepared from Surfactant Solution
The effect of foaming methods on the linear and nonlinear rheological properties is studied employing foams prepared from aqueous solutions of sodium laurate. It is found that the liquid-phase fraction of the foam prepared by a foaming net is significantly lower than that by a conventional mixer. Consequently, the foaming net provides a stable foam that hardly shows drainage. Moreover, the foam by the foaming net shows low storage modulus, whereas it exhibits high yield stress. As a result, it behaves as an elastic body in the wide range of the strain. Considering that aqueous foams such as facial cleansing are usually prepared by a foaming net, much attention has to be paid to the foaming method.