anything which removes foam or prevents foam from forming
Examples of 'defoamer' in a sentence
defoamer
It was found that increasing wax increases rub resistance, while increasing surfactant increases gloss, and increasing defoamer increases adhesion.
Jar Carlo C. Ramirez, Terence P. Tumolva 2018, 'Analysis and optimization of water-based printing ink formulations for polyethylenefilms', Applied Adhesion Sciencehttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40563-017-0102-z. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
The effects of varying the mass fractions of wax, surfactant, and defoamer on adhesion, rub resistance, and gloss were determined.
Jar Carlo C. Ramirez, Terence P. Tumolva 2018, 'Analysis and optimization of water-based printing ink formulations for polyethylenefilms', Applied Adhesion Sciencehttp://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40563-017-0102-z. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)