Surface Balance for Production of Rapid Changes of Surface Area with Continuous Measurement of Surface Tension
- 1 December 1963
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 34 (12), 1350-1352
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1718233
Abstract
A surface balance is described for production of dynamic changes of area of films adsorbed at a gas‐liquid interface. It has been used to demonstrate reduction of surface tension to nearly zero by surface active agents derived from mammalian lungs.Keywords
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