A coherent synchrotron X-ray microradiology investigation of bubble and droplet coalescence

Microradiology with coherent X-rays is shown to be very effective in revealing interfaces in multiphase systems and in particular gas bubbles. Its use has been tested in the study of bubble colescence validating the results with a simple theoretical analysis based on mass conservation.

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