Effect of surfactant on the evolution of bubble motion

Abstract

Results of an experimental study of the process of ascent of a single bubble of air in the presence of a surfactant are presented. An empirical dependence for drag coefficient of the bubble that emerges in a liquid containing a surfactant in the region of small Reynolds numbers has been obtained. Theoretical studies of the effect of surfactants on the velocity of motion of a bubble in a nonstationary regime have been carried out. A theoretical analysis of the effect of nonstationary forces on the dynamics of bubble rising in the nonstationary regime has been conducted.