The Science of Defoaming: Theory, Experiment and Applications

by Peter R. Garrett

Overview

In the 20 years since the publication of the author's multi-contributor volume on defoaming, a vast amount of new work has been published and many new insights have been revealed. A cohesive, single-authored book, The Science of Defoaming: Theory, Experiment and Applications provides comprehensive coverage of the topic. It describes the mode of act

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781040070550
Publisher:	CRC Press
Publication date:	04/19/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	598
File size:	15 MB
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About the Author

After working for Unilever Research for almost thirty years at Port Sunlight and for a short time at Bangalore, Peter Garrett retired, acquiring visiting professorships at the University of Manchester in the United Kingdom and briefly at Rice University, Houston, Texas. He has worked on various aspects of interfacial science in a career lasting 40 years. These included the equilibrium and dynamic adsorption behavior of surfactant solutions, solubilization in microemulsions, kinetics of surfactant dissolution and mesophase growth, and of course both the basic science of defoaming and its application especially in the detergents industry.

Professor Garrett is author or coauthor of more than 30 journal articles and is named as inventor on 14 patents, the majority of which concerned the application of antifoam technology. He is also editor of the book Defoaming, Theory and Applications published in 1993. A member of the Royal Society of Chemistry, he received his Ph.D. from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom in 1971.

Table of Contents

Some General Properties of Foams. Experimental Methodologies for Study of Foam and Antifoam Action. Oils at Interfaces; Entry Coefficients, Spreading Coefficients, and Thin Film Forces. Mode of Action of Antifoams. Effect of Antifoam Concentration on Volumes of Foam Generated by Air Entrainment. Deactivation of Mixed Oil-Particle Antifoams During Dispersal And Foam Generation in Aqueous Media. Mechanical Methods for Defoaming. Antifoams for Detergent Products. The Control of Foam in Waterborne Latex Paints and Varnishes. Antifoams for Gas-Oil Separation in Crude Oil Production. Medical Applications of Defoaming.

Editorial Reviews

Reviews the known mechanisms for controlling foam in a variety of industries, including crude oil production, detergent manufacture, pharmaceuticals, textile dying, and brewing. Discusses the theory of the mode of action of synergistic oil/particle antifoams now used, details the origins of problems, draws heavily on the patent literature to survey solutions, and offers ideas for the design of new antifoam agents. For chemists, engineers, and graduate students in relevant fields. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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