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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p><jats:bold>Formation and coalescence of bubbles and droplets.</jats:bold> Generation and coalescence of bubbles and droplets are essential requirements for technical reactions and exchange processes. The paper deals with the dispersion of gases and liquids with the aid of single orifices and of sieve plates in liquids of various viscosities under gravity and centrifugal conditions and furthermore with the mechanical foam separation and with the coalescence of drops on inclined plates. The paper summarizes results from the literature as well as from the Sonderforschungsbereich (SFB) 153 at the Technical University of Munich.</jats:p>