Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol.184, No.1, 92-105, 1996
Effect of Material Properties on the Drainage of Symmetrical, Plane-Parallel, Mobile Foam Films
Drainage of a mobile, symmetric, plane parallel thin liquid film between two gas bubbles is studied, An analytical solution for the hate of thinning of such a liquid film with an insoluble surfactant and having both film elasticity and surface viscosity is presented for the first time. Analysis is extended to the more general case of a soluble surfactant and compared with previous analyses. Surfactant material parameters affecting the rate of thinning are identified and grouped into a single dimensionless parameter which describes the transition from a mobile to an immobile firm. Significant deviation from the Reynolds velocity is found when this dimensionless parameter is small.