Publication Date:
2019-06-28
Description:
The centered expansion wave of a shock tube is utilized to expand and supersaturate a condensable vapor in small concentration in an inert carrier gas. The supersaturated state, located at the rear of the expansion wave, is preserved for a controlled period and then terminated by a recompressing shock wave. During the period of supersaturation, condensation nuclei are formed homogeneously. The nucleation rate is measured as a function of supersaturation by a Mie-light scattering technique. The method is tested using water and the results are compared with classical nucleation theory.
Keywords:
FLUID MECHANICS AND HEAT TRANSFER
Type:
Experiments in Fluids (ISSN 0723-4864); 1; 3 19; 1983
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