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  • Title: Variations in foam collapse and thin film stability with constant interfacial and bulk properties.
    Author: Wierenga PA, Basheva ES, Delahaije RJBM.
    Journal: Adv Colloid Interface Sci; 2023 Feb; 312():102845. PubMed ID: 36709573.
    Abstract:
    The stability of foams is commonly linked to the interfacial properties of the proteins and other surfactants used. This study aimed to use these relationships to explain differences in foam stability observed among similar beer samples from different breweries. The foam stability was different for each sample (Nibem foam stability ranged from 206 to 300 s), but ranking was similar for all three foaming methods used, thus independent of the method, gas, etc. Differences in foam stability were dominated by differences in coalescence, as illustrated by the correlation with the stability of single bubbles and thin liquid films. The differences in coalescence stability could not be explained by the measured interfacial properties (e.g. surface pressure, adsorption rate, dilatational modulus and surface shear viscosity), or the bulk properties (concentration, pH, ionic strength, viscosity), since they were similar for all samples. The drainage rates and disjoining pressure isotherms measured in thin liquid films were also similar for all samples, further limiting the options to explain the differences in foam stability using known arguments. The differences in coalescence stability of the thin films was shown to depend on the liquid in between the adsorbed layers of the thin film, using a modified capillary cell to exchange this liquid (to a buffer, or one of the other samples). This illustrates the need to review our current understanding and to develop new methods both for experimental study and theoretical description, to better understand foam stability in the future.
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