A new instrument for measuring surface pressure
- 1 September 1979
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Review of Scientific Instruments
- Vol. 50 (9) , 1098-1100
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1135991
Abstract
A new instrument for surface pressure measurements using a floating-foil technique has been constructed. The instrument makes use of a probe in the form of a thin foil suspended at the gas/liquid or liquid/liquid interface tension. The present instrument has a dynamic range of 0.1-70 mN/m and a sensitivity better than 0.1 mN/m. Its speed of response is 50 ms but much faster measurements are possible. Measurements on behenic acid and cholesterol films on water and on a cerebroside film at a heptane/water interface are presented.Keywords
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