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SOME years ago, du Noüy discovered the very interesting fact that blood serum is able to maintain its normal surface tension. When a surface-active substance like sodium oleate is brought on the surface of a serum solution, the surface tension is lowered for a very short time, but in a few minutes regains its original value (whereas the decrease of surface tension of water is a persistent phenomenon).
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RUBINSTEIN, D. The "Du Noüy Phenomenon". Nature 142, 1158 (1938). https://doi.org/10.1038/1421158a0
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