A general formula has been derived for the capillary pressure created by a curved interface between fluid phases for a case that is extremely common under dynamic conditions when surfactants are present, when the interfacial tension is a tensor. The formula has its simplest form and is most similar to the Laplace formula in a system of principal sections of the surface and in a system of principal directions for a two-dimensional tension tensor.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)420-424
Number of pages5
JournalColloid Journal of the USSR (English Translation of Kolloidnyi Zhurnal)
Volume44
Issue number3
StatePublished - 1982

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