Abstract
The creaming of emulsions of liquid paraffin in water stabilised by cetomacrogol 1000 has been studied in a specially designed capacitance cell. Before visual separation of the emulsion is detectable, changes in emulsion composition in the upper part of the cell result in a measurable decrease of dielectric constant. Differences in the creaming rates of a number of emulsions are easily detected and the rate of change of dielectric constant with time is dependent on globule size.