Journal
LANGMUIR
Volume 27, Issue 21, Pages 12923-12929Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/la2014682
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- Australian Research Council [ARC LP0989823, ARC LP0990526]
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The capillary rise and Wilhelmy plate methods have been used to study the surface tension of water marbles encapsulated with polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) powders of 1-, 35-, and 100-mu m particle size. With the capillary rise technique, a glass capillary tube was inserted into a water marble to measure the capillary rise of the water. The Laplace pressure exerted by the water marble was directly measured by comparing the heights of the capillary rise from the marble and from a flat water surface in a beaker. An equation based on Marmur's model was proposed to calculate the water marble surface tension. This method does not require the water contact angle with the supporting solid surface to be considered; it is therefore a simple but efficient method for determining liquid marble surface tension. The Wilhelmy method was used to measure the surface tension of a flat water surface covered by PTFE powder. This method offers a new angle for investigating liquid marble shell properties. A discussion on the nature and the realistic magnitude of liquid marble surface tension is offered.
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