Host: The Japan Society of Mechanical Engineers
Name : [in Japanese]
Date : November 12, 2022 - November 13, 2022
Visualization experiments are performed to examine nucleation, growth, and detachment of bubbles at hydrophobic surfaces of a beer can. Solutions of our concern are carbonated water and beer. The solution under cooling is poured into a (hydrophilic) glass container; the container is then sealed. A piece of a beer can whose inner coating is hydrophobic is inserted inside the container. To trigger gradual growth of bubbles nucleated preferentially at the piece of the beer can, dissolved gas supersaturation is created by heating the solution (with the container being sealed). From the visualization experiments, we report on the evolution of bubble population and size (from the front view) and the shape of attached bubbles (from the side view) at surface, exploring the role of surface tension and proteins in detachment of the bubbles.
