Volume 42, Issue 7 pp. 1371-1380
Research Article

Rupture of Wetting Films Formed by Bubbles at a Quartz Surface in Cationic Surfactant Solutions

Agata Wiertel-Pochopien

Agata Wiertel-Pochopien

Polish Academy of Sciences, Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, ul. Niezapominajek 8, 30-239 Krakow, Poland

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Jan Zawala

Corresponding Author

Jan Zawala

Polish Academy of Sciences, Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, ul. Niezapominajek 8, 30-239 Krakow, Poland

Correspondence: Jan Zawala ([email protected]), Polish Academy of Sciences, Jerzy Haber Institute of Catalysis and Surface Chemistry, ul. Niezapominajek 8, 30-239 Krakow, Poland.Search for more papers by this author
First published: 26 April 2019
Citations: 9

Abstract

Experimental studies were performed on the kinetics of the three-phase contact formation and bubble attachment to a quartz surface in solutions of a cationic surfactant of various concentrations. By tuning the distance between the single-bubble formation point and the quartz surface immersed in the solution, the influence of the state of the dynamic adsorption layer over a rising bubble on the mechanism of rupture of a wetting film formed was elucidated. Based on the unique methodology, allowing precise control over the initial degree of adsorption coverage at the detaching bubble, new evidence was found confirming the electrostatic character of the wetting film rupture in cationic surfactant solutions of low concentrations.

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