Scaling behavior in shaving cream

Citation:

Durian, D. J. ; Weitz, D. A. ; Pine, D. J. Scaling behavior in shaving cream. Physical Review A 1991, 44, R7902-R7905. Copy at http://www.tinyurl.com/y4b5y389
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Abstract:

The coarsening of a three-dimensional foam is studied with multiple light-scattering techniques. Scaling behavior is observed with the average bubble diameter growing in time as t(z) where z = 0.45 /- 0.05. Changes in the packing conditions during coarsening give rise to a dynamical process that also exhibits temporal scaling. Neighboring bubbles undergo sudden structural rearrangement events at a rate per unit volume that decays as t(-y) where y = 2.0 /- 0.2.

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