Characteristics of the Formation of Thin Liquid Layers on Glass Fibers

Abstract

The relation between the thickness of a liquid equilibrium layer of silicone oil on glass fibers and the diameters of such fibers, ranging between 0.3 and 70 μm, as well as the relation between the surface tension of the boundary phase and the thickness of castor and silicone oil film, have been studied at 13.6 and 33°C. For the first time, the discrete changes in the thickness of the resulting stationary, thin liquid layers among the secondary drops on a fiber have been found to depend on the fiber size under dynamic conditions.