Department of Physics Papers
Document Type
Journal Article
Date of this Version
1999
Publication Source
Journal of Rheology
Volume
43
Issue
6
Start Page
1411
Last Page
1422
DOI
10.1122/1.551052
Abstract
We present an experimental study of the rheology of polydisperse aqueous foams of different gas volume fractions φ. With oscillatory deformation at fixed frequency, we determine the behavior of the maximum stress as a function of the strain amplitude. At low strain, the maximum stress increases linearly, defining a shear modulus G.G. At progressively higher strains, the response eventually becomes nonlinear, defining the yield strain and the yield stress. While φ decreases toward φc=0.635±0.01,φc=0.635±0.01, GG goes to zero, and the yield stress decreases by many orders of magnitude with a quadratic behavior. The yield strain, which can be extrapolated to 0.18±0.020.18±0.02 at φ=1,φ=1, has a minimum value of 0.045±0.0100.045±0.010 at φc.φc. This behavior shows the occurrence of a melting transition located at φc,φc, which can be correlated to the random close packing of spheres. We compare these results to similar ones obtained previously for monodisperse and polydisperse emulsions. Our new experiments clarify the rheological similarities between emulsions and foams, as well as the role of polydispersity. We find that as long as polydispersity is moderate, it does not play a crucial role in the elastic response of foams and emulsions.
Copyright/Permission Statement
This article was originally published by the American Institute of Physics. You can find the original article at: http://sor.scitation.org/doi/10.1122/1.551052
Keywords
foams, emulsions, yield stress, elasticity, elastic moduli
Recommended Citation
Saint-James, A., & Durian, D. J. (1999). Vanishing Elasticity for Wet Foams: Equivalence With Emulsions and Role of Polydispersity. Journal of Rheology, 43 (6), 1411-1422. http://dx.doi.org/10.1122/1.551052
Date Posted: 13 October 2017
This document has been peer reviewed.
Comments
At the time of publication, author Douglas J. Durian was affiliated with University of California Los Angeles. Currently, he is a faculty member at the Physics Department at the University of Pennsylvania.