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J Colloid Interface Sci. 2018 Jun 01;519:27-37. doi: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.02.015. Epub 2018 Feb 16.

Interfacial rheology of low interfacial tension systems using a new oscillating spinning drop method.

Journal of colloid and interface science

José M Zamora, Ronald Marquez, Ana M Forgiarini, Dominique Langevin, Jean-Louis Salager

Affiliations

  1. Centro de Innovación Tecnológica CITEC, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela.
  2. Laboratorio FIRP, Universidad de Los Andes, Mérida, Venezuela.
  3. Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, CNRS UMR 8502, Université de Paris Saclay, France. Electronic address: [email protected].

PMID: 29477897 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2018.02.015

Abstract

When surfactants adsorb at liquid interfaces, they not only decrease the surface tension, they confer rheological properties to the interfaces. There are two types of rheological parameters associated to interfacial layers: compression and shear. The elastic response is described by a storage modulus and the dissipation by a loss modulus or equivalently a surface viscosity. Various types of instruments are available for the measurements of these coefficients, the most common being oscillating pendent drops instruments and rheometers equipped with bicones. These instruments are applicable to systems with large enough interfacial tensions, typically above a few mN/m. We use a new type of instrument based on spinning drop oscillations, allowing to extend the interfacial rheology studies to low and ultralow interfacial tension systems. We present examples of measurements with systems of high and low tension, discuss the possible artifacts and demonstrate the capability of this new technique. We emphasize that the data shown for low interfacial tensions are the first reported in the literature. The instrument is potentially interesting for instance in enhanced oil recovery or demulsification studies.

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Keywords: Asphaltenes; Spinning drop; Surface elasticity; Surface viscosity; Surfactants

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