View Generic Document: Microfluidic Interfacial Tension Measurements: Getting the Most From Your Soaps
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Goodrum, William Jr. (2005). Microfluidic Interfacial Tension Measurements: Getting the Most From Your Soaps. National Institute of Standards and Technology, Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce..
With the market demand for better household chemicals pressuring companies like Dow Chemical or Proctor & Gamble, the race is on to find cheaper and more effective measurement
techniques to determine chemical properties. Companies need the ability to minimize wasted and potentially expensive reagents, while still giving their scientists the chance to ask those “What
ifs?” that are so crucial to development. That is why microfluidic methods have stepped to the fore. This presentation intends to outline current developments at NIST in the measurement of
Interfacial Tension (IFT) with microfluidic devices, while focusing on the processes and shortcomings of the industry standard pendant drop test. Specifically, results and conclusions based on
dynamic surface tension measurements of various surfactant solutions using a pendant drop tensiometer will be presented, explained, and qualified. Also, a consideration of possible microfluidic
applications and of current consumer products (i.e. Mr. Clean AutoDry Car Wash) will demonstrate the need and market potential for rapid, compact, high-throughput microfluidic testing
devices.
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National Institute of Standards and Technology, Technology Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce.
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