Industrial & Engineering Chemistry Research, Vol.42, No.1, 57-61, 2003
Emulsion catastrophic inversion from abnormal to normal morphology. 2. Effect of the stirring intensity on the dynamic inversion frontier
The stirring intensity has a complex effect on the catastrophic inversion of emulsions in the direction of change from abnormal to normal morphology. At both low and high stirring energy, the inversion takes place early, after a low amount of the internal phase is added and through the occurrence of a multiple emulsion. At some intermediate stirring energy, the inversion appears to be delayed and it takes place without the occurrence of multiple emulsions.