Evaporation of Micro-Droplets: the "Radius-Square-Law" Revisited

• Authors: D. Jakubczyk , M. Kolwas , G. Derkachov , K. Kolwas , M. Zientara
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The range of applicability of a fundamental tool for studying the evolution of droplets, the "radius-square-law", was investigated both analytically and numerically, on the basis of the experimental results of our own as well as of other authors. Standard issues were briefly discussed. Departures from the "radius-square-law" caused by the influence of impurities encountered in non-ideal liquids, by the kinetic and surface tension effects encountered for small droplets or by thermal imbalance encountered in light-absorbing droplets were analysed. The entanglement between the kinetic and impurities effects was studied numerically yielding a possible explanation to evaporation coefficient discrepancies found in the literature. An unexpected "radius-square-law" persistence in case of non-isothermal evolutions of very small droplets in atmosphere nearly saturated with vapour was analysed. The coexistence of the kinetic effects and the strong effects of surface tension was found responsible for this effect.

Keywords

EN

64.70.F-; 64.70.fm; 68.03.Fg; 68.03.Hj; 05.70.Ln

Discipline

• 64.70.fm: Thermodynamics studies of evaporation and condensation(for evaporation and condensation on surfaces, see 68.03.Fg)
• 05.70.Ln: Nonequilibrium and irreversible thermodynamics(see also 82.40.Bj Oscillations, chaos, and bifurcations in physical chemistry and chemical physics)
• 64.70.F-: Liquid-vapor transitions
• 68.03.Fg: Evaporation and condensation of liquids
• 68.03.Hj: Liquid surface structure: measurements and simulations

• Publisher: Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences
• Journal: Acta Physica Polonica A
• Year: 2012
• Volume: 122
• Issue: 4
• Pages: 709-716

Dates

published

2012-10

received

2012-08-21

Contributors

author

D. Jakubczyk

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

author

M. Kolwas

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

author

G. Derkachov

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

author

K. Kolwas

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

author

M. Zientara

• Institute of Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences, al. Lotników 32/46, 02-668 Warsaw, Poland

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Identifiers

DOI

10.12693/APhysPolA.122.709