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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 27, 2009
Filed:
Aug. 16, 2007
Daniel Schümann, Dresden, DE;
Rainer Münzner, Schwarzenberg, DE;
Daniel Schümann, Dresden, DE;
Rainer Münzner, Schwarzenberg, DE;
E.G.O. Elektro-Geraetebau GmbH, Oberderdingen, DE;
Abstract
A method and device for measuring the surface tension of liquids uses the bubble pressure principle, wherein a parameter relating to a bubble formed using a defined gas mass flow rate or volume flow rate is measured at the tip of a capillary tube immersed in the liquid. The surface tension is calculated from the measured value. With a defined gas mass flow rate or volume flow rate, the time between the minimum pressure and the maximum pressure and hence a defined pressure increase in a bubble are measured, and from this the surface tension is calculated. A relatively inexpensive sensor for measuring the surface tension in an appliance, such as a washing machine, using this inventive concepts is disclosed using a piezoelectric transducer.