Abstract
Emulsions are generally opaque and scatter light widely. This characteristic is a considerable obstacle to the use of optical techniques such as dynamic light scattering and optical microscopy.
However, the optical appearance of a sample is totally irrelevant for nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) measurements. In this paper we use general methods to calculate the size distribution of a collection of droplets in dilute emulsion systems using NMR pulse gradient spin-echo measurements. We show that such methods are also successful in describing a bimodal distribution of droplets.
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Ambrosone, L., Colafemmina, G., Giustini, M., Palazzo, G., Ceglie, A. (1999). Size distribution in emulsions. In: Težak, D., Martinis, M. (eds) Trends in Colloid and Interface Science XIII. Progress in Colloid and Polymer Science, vol 112. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-48953-3_19
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