Revealed! What is the magic of defoamer that makes foam "submit" instantly?
In many industrial production and daily life scenes, the existence of foam often brings a lot of inconvenience, and even affect the production efficiency and product quality. Defoamer, as a special chemical additive, can quickly and effectively solve this problem, so that the original rampant foam instantly "submissive". The next step is to explore the magic of defoamer and the scientific principles behind them.
The working principle of defoamer lies in their unique interfacially active properties. Defoamer is mainly composed of surface-active substances, which have a strong affinity for the interface between gas and liquid. When the antifoam comes into contact with the foam, it will quickly diffuse to the gas-liquid interface, reduce the surface tension in the area, make the foam wall thinner, which will lead to a decrease in the stability of the foam, and ultimately rupture and disappear.
Defoamer agent also has the double effect of foam breaking and foam inhibition. Foam bursting effect is reflected in the rapid puncture of the foam wall has been formed, so that the internal gas escapes, to eliminate the effect of foam; and antifoaming agent foam inhibition is in the early stage of foam formation to intervene to prevent the foam stabilisation, to reduce the foam from the source. This can both "treat the symptoms" and "cure the root cause" of the characteristics of the defoaming agent in many fields has been widely used.
In addition, the choice and use of defoamer need to be based on specific application scenarios. For example, in the food industry, the defoamer used must comply with food safety standards, and can not affect the taste and quality of the product; in the chemical industry, paper, sewage treatment and other industries, you need to consider the defoamer and the compatibility of the production process and environmental requirements.
Antifoam agent with its excellent interfacial activity performance, through the process of foam breaking and foam inhibition, can in a short period of time to make the foam destabilisation and rapid dissipation, so as to effectively solve the foam brought about by all kinds of trouble. The application of defoamer not only improves the efficiency of various industrial production, to ensure product quality, but also to a certain extent to promote environmental protection and resource conservation. This is the magic role of defoamer, but also in the modern industrial production is indispensable for important reasons.
