The interfacial behavior of surfactants present in a natural extract from Quillaja saponaria Molina bark at the air-solution interface is studied by measurements of interfacial tension, interfacial elasticity, and interfacial reflectance FTIR spectroscopy. The active molecule, saponin, is observed directly at the air-solution interface (via reflectance FTIR spectroscopy) above and below the pKa of the molecule, and spectra confirm the altered charge of the interfacial layer at the two solution conditions. For all concentrations of saponin studied, and at pH values below and above pKa (i.e. pH 3 and 7), a reduction in interfacial tension as a function of time is observed, with some differences in early time-scale adsorption and with lower values of quasi-equilibrium interfacial tension for pH 3. The interfacial layer is seen to be elastic, as determined from measurements of hydrostatic expansion, with some variation at the two pH values, and as a function of concentration. In addition to interfacial layer characterisation, the interaction between two air-solution interfaces is probed using bubble collisions with an air-solution interface. This experiment allows for observation of thin film drainage kinetics and determination of the final foam film thickness for the case when one of the interfaces is at equilibrium while the dynamic adsorption layer is being established at the other. This is the first time when the interactions between such interfaces (i.e. only one being at equilibrium) have been studied. This is of particular importance for the formation stage of foams, during which time many of the interfaces are not at equilibrium. When two interfaces interact across a thin liquid film, pH is seen to significantly influence foam film thickness.
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