Drop profile method implementation in Matlab® for measuring the interfacial tension, using a new reference coordinate system
Keywords:
Pendant drop, Polar coordinates, Young-Laplce equation, MATLAB®Abstract
In this work an algorithm was implemented tocalculate the surface tension from images ofpendant drops using a novel coordinate referencesystem. A code was written using the high levelprogramming language, Matlab®. Built in functionfrom Matlab® toolboxes were used. The algorithmshowed good performance in the image processingtasks and in the optimization of the drop size andform parameters. The algorithm accuracy will betested on a posterior stage using pendant drops ofsubstances of known properties.
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