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Forced and spontaneous imbibition of surfactant solution into an oil-wet capillary: the effects of surfactant diffusion ahead of the advancing meniscus.
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PMID:  20225818     Owner:  NLM     Status:  PubMed-not-MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A previous paper (Hammond, P.; Unsal, E. Langmuir 2009, 25, 12591-12603) reported a simplified model for the flow of a surfactant solution into an oil-wet capillary. Results were computed by neglecting the spreading of surfactant molecules ahead of the moving oil/water meniscus onto the hydrophobic surface. We now present a more thorough version of the theory where such spreading is considered. Both spontaneous and forced imbibitions are studied. As the differential pressure across the capillary increases, a slow increase in the meniscus velocity is observed until the capillary threshold pressure is reached. At this point, the pattern changes and the velocity increases dramatically. The surfactant concentration did not have a significant effect on the speed under differential pressures greater than the capillary threshold. For lower pressures, there is a critical surfactant concentration below which the interface was not able to advance into the capillary even under positive differential pressure.
Authors:
Paul S Hammond; Evren Unsal
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids     Volume:  26     ISSN:  1520-5827     ISO Abbreviation:  Langmuir     Publication Date:  2010 May 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-04-27     Completed Date:  2010-08-02     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9882736     Medline TA:  Langmuir     Country:  United States    
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Languages:  eng     Pagination:  6206-21     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Schlumberger Cambridge Research, Cambridge, UK CB3 0EL.
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