Table 1 Viscosities and densities of dispersed and continuous phases in the left and top section, with their respective viscosity ratios (\({\boldsymbol{\zeta }}=\frac{{{\boldsymbol{\eta }}}_{{\boldsymbol{d}}}}{{{\boldsymbol{\eta }}}_{{\boldsymbol{c}}}}\)) as entries in the table.

From: Monodisperse droplet formation by spontaneous and interaction based mechanisms in partitioned EDGE microfluidic device

 

MilliQ ηc = 1.0 mPa s ρc = 997 kg/m3

20% Glycerol ηc = 1.7456 mPa s ρc = 1040 kg/m3

40% Glycerol ηc = 3.6956 mPa s ρc = 1088 kg/m3

50% Glycerol ηc = 6.056 mPa s ρc = 1113 kg/m3

Decane

ηd = 0.9257 mPa s, ρd = 730 kg/m3

0.92

0.53

0.25

0.15

Hexadecane

ηd = 3.4757 mPa s, ρd = 770 kg/m3

3.47

1.99

0.94

0.58

Hexadecane-paraffin

ηd = 44.552,53,54,58 mPa s, ρd = 850 kg/m3

44.5

25.57

12.06

7.42

Silicon oil

ηd = 50 mPa s, ρd = 960 kg/m3

50

28.74

13.55

8.33