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Foam Optics And Mechanics - Stability (Foam-Stability)
03.22.12

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Experiment/Payload Overview

Information provided courtesy of the Erasmus Experiment Archive.
Brief Summary

FOAM-Stability studies the behavior of wet foams in microgravity conditions.

Principal Investigator

  • D. Weaire, , , , , Ireland
  • Dominique Langevin, , Universite Paris-Sud, Orsay, , France
  • Douglas Durian, Ph.D., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States
  • M. Adler, , , , , France
  • N. Vandewalle, , , , , France

    • Co-Investigator(s)/Collaborator(s)

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    Sponsoring Space Agency

    European Space Agency (ESA)

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    ISS Expedition Duration:

    March 2009 - March 2010



    Expeditions Assigned

    19/20, 21/22

    Previous ISS Missions

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    Experiment/Payload Description

    Research Summary

    • FOAM-Stability studies aqueous and non-aqueous foams in microgravity environment. The behavior of foams in microgravity and on earth are very different, because the process of drainage is absent in microgravity conditions.


    • Other fundamental questions addressed are:
      • How long can those foams be stable?

      • What is the role of solid particles in the liquid in water foam stabilization?

      • Is it possible to create very "wet" foams in microgravity?

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    Applications

    Space Applications

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    Earth Applications

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    Operations

    Operational Requirements

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    Operational Protocols

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    Related Web Sites
  • ISS Research Project-FOAM-Stability

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    Images

    imageNASA Image: ISS020E042309 - Expedition 20 flight engineer, Frank De Winne is pictured near an ESA Foam Stability experiment floating freely in the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station.


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    Information provided by the investigation team to the ISS Program Scientist's Office.
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