Table 1 Materials used for the study and their physicochemical characteristics.

From: Bubbles nucleation in supersaturated emulsion drops

System

Air solubility, g.m− 3.bar − 1

Air diffusion coefficient, 10− 9 m2/s

Viscosity, mPa.s

C0

D

η

Pentane

33821

-

0.24

Cyclopentane*

24621

-

0.46

Hexane

31121

-

0.30

Hexadecane

23121

2.5

3.0

Silicone oils

250–27028

2 ± 0.4

10, 100, 1000, 30,000

Water

1922

2

0.89

70 wt% glycerol

1828

0.15

17.7

99.5 wt% glycerol

5–1328,39

0.0046

775

  1. *Estimated using data for cyclohexane, assuming the gas solubility trend for cycloalkanes is similar to the linear alkanes.
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