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Vapor Bubble Nucleation : A Microscopic Phenomenon  

Kwak, Ho-Young (Mechanical Engineering Department, Chung-Ang University)
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Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology / v.18, no.8, 2004 , pp. 1271-1287 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this article, vapor bubble nucleation in liquid and the evaporation process of a liquid droplet at its superheat limit were discussed from the viewpoint of molecular clustering (molecular cluster model for bubble nucleation). For the vapor bubble formation, the energy barrier against bubble nucleation was estimated by the molecular interaction due to the London dispersion force. Bubble nucleation by quantum tunneling in liquid helium under negative pressure near the absolute zero temperature and bubble nucleation on cavity free micro heaters were also presented as the homogenous nucleation processes.
Keywords
Evaporation; Molecular Cluster; Quantum Tunneling; Superheat Limit; Tensile Strength; Vapor Bubble;
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