Emulsion Droplet Pair Coalescence under a Direct Current Electric Field

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">System</td><td class="align_center">Dispersed phase/continuous phase</td><td class="align_center">Viscosity ratios λ = μin/μout</td><td class="align_center">Permittivity ratios ℘ = εin/εout</td><td class="align_center">Conductivity ratios ℜ = σin/σout</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="5"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">1</td><td class="align_center">DI water/silicone oil</td><td class="align_center">10–3</td><td class="align_center">24.5</td><td class="align_center">107</td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">2</td><td class="align_center">Castor oil/silicone oil</td><td class="align_center">0.804</td><td class="align_center">1.47</td><td class="align_center">34.48</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="5"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

<div>Simulation systems used to study the electrocoalescence between the droplet pairs.</div>

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Table 2: Emulsion Droplet Pair Coalescence under a Direct Current Electric Field 