Increased Film Thickness of Oil-in-Water (O/W) Emulsions at High Speed

He Liang, Dan Guo*, Liran Ma, Jianbin Luo

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Abstract

The thickness of films formed by oil-in-water (O/W) emulsions under confined conditions can be tens of nanometers, which is much thicker than that formed by pure water. Film thickness can increase even more with limited lubricant supply, especially for O/W emulsions with a low oil percentage. The central film thickness of a 1% oil emulsion can increase to up to 2.4 times its initial value. In this paper, the film-forming behavior and mechanism driven by the competitive wetting behavior of oil and water are investigated and discussed.

Original languageEnglish
Article number68
JournalTribology Letters
Volume65
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2017
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Film thickness
  • High speeds
  • O/W emulsions

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