Department of Physics Papers
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
12-15-1991
Publication Source
Physical Review A
Volume
44
Issue
12
Start Page
R7902
Last Page
R7906
DOI
10.1103/PhysRevA.44.R7902
Abstract
The coarsening of a three-dimensional foam is studied with multiple light-scattering techniques. Scaling behavior is observed with the average bubble diameter growing in time as tz where z=0.45±0.05. Changes in the packing conditions during coarsening give rise to a dynamical process that also exhibits temporal scaling. Neighboring bubbles undergo sudden structural rearrangement events at a rate per unit volume that decays as t−y where y=2.0±0.2.
Copyright/Permission Statement
© 1991 American Physical Society. You van view the original article at: https://journals.aps.org/pra/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevA.44.R7902
Recommended Citation
Durian, D. J., Weitz, D. A., & Pine, D. J. (1991). Scaling Behavior in Shaving Cream. Physical Review A, 44 (12), R7902-R7906. http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevA.44.R7902
Date Posted: 13 October 2017
This document has been peer reviewed.
Comments
At the time of publication, author Douglas J. Durian was affiliated with Exxon Research and Engineering Company. Currently, he is a faculty member at the Physics Department at the University of Pennsylvania.