Pierre-Gilles de Gennes - Benjamin Franklin performed a beautiful experiment using surfactants: on a...

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Benjamin Franklin performed a beautiful experiment using surfactants: on a pond at Clapham Common, he poured a small amount of oleic acid, a natural surfactant which tends to form a dense film at the water-air interface.

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Benjamin Franklin führte ein schönes Experiment mit Tensiden durch: Auf einem Teich in Clapham Common goss er eine kleine Menge Ölsäure ein, ein natürliches Tensid, das an der Wasser-Luft-Grenzfläche einen dichten Film bildet.

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