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emulsion: a standalone construct

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emulsion1 CONSTRUCTEmulsionBANCROFT · DISPERSION

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Colloid chemistry

Droplets of one liquid dispersed in another

In colloid and physical chemistry, an emulsion is a dispersion of one liquid as fine droplets within a second, immiscible liquid (oil in water or water in oil), a system that is thermodynamically unstable and will separate unless an emulsifier lowers the interfacial tension and guards against droplet coalescence. Bancroft's 1912 The theory of emulsification, I set out which phase becomes continuous and how the stabiliser controls it, the origin of the Bancroft rule. The referent is a two-liquid colloidal dispersion characterised by droplet size, phase volume, and stability, and it is the same construct whether the liquids are crude oil and brine or oil and vinegar.[1]

Unit
The droplet-size distribution and continuous phase of a two-liquid dispersion
Recovery means
Not applicable
Measured by
Characterised by droplet-size distribution, phase type (o/w or w/o), and stability against creaming and coalescence

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brine1 fields · 1 citationsanchor · a standalone constructcoalescence3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructsconstruct6 fields · 7 citationsjingle · one name, six constructs

References

  1. Bancroft, W. D. (1912). The theory of emulsification, I. The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 16(3), 177–233. https://doi.org/10.1021/j150129a001

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