title: Effects of the kinematic viscosity and surface tension on the bubble take-off period in a catalase-hydrogen peroxide system.
abstract: The effect of kinematic viscosity and surface tension of the solution was investigated by adding catalase, glucose oxidase, or glucose on the bubble movement in a catalase-hydrogen peroxide system. The kinematic viscosity was measured using a Cannon-Fenske kinematic viscometer. The surface tension of the solution was measured by the Wilhelmy method using a self-made apparatus. The effects of the hole diameter/cell wall thickness, catalase concentration, glucose concentration, and glucose oxidase concentration on the kinematic viscosity, surface tension, and bubble take-off period were investigated. With our system, the effects of the changes in the solution materiality on the bubble take-off period were proven to be very small in comparison to the change in the oxygen-producing rate.
authors.affiliation: School of Bionics, Tokyo University of Technology, 1404-1 Katakura, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0982, Japan. sasaki@bs.teu.ac.jp
authors.forename: Satoshi
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: Yoshinori
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Iida
mesh_terms: D015374:Biosensing Techniques / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism*; D005947:Glucose / Q000737:chemistry; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D013500:Surface Tension; D014783:Viscosity
chemical_list: D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D002374:Catalase; D005947:Glucose