UNAM
Revista Digital Universitaria
Revista Digital Universitaria ISSN: 1607 - 6079 | Publicación mensual | 1 de mayo de 2014 vol.15, No.05

ABSTRACT

What is foam?



Jesús Gracia Fadrique


Foam structure and behavior can be illustrated by means of basic Surface Physics concepts like surface tension, the adsorption or the surface-active solute concentration, the pressure difference on spherical surfaces pointed out by Young and Laplace, and the elasticity of a liquid film associated with the changes of surface tension due to the area.



Keywords: Foam, surface tension, elasticity, adsorption, curvature.