Heterogeneous bubble nucleation dynamics
- Submitting institution
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University of Brighton
- Unit of assessment
- 12 - Engineering
- Output identifier
- 21883964
- Type
- D - Journal article
- DOI
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10.1017/jfm.2020.761
- Title of journal
- Journal of Fluid Mechanics
- Article number
- A20
- First page
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- Volume
- 906
- Issue
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- ISSN
- 0022-1120
- Open access status
- Compliant
- Month of publication
- November
- Year of publication
- 2020
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
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- Number of additional authors
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2
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
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- Additional information
- Solid walls and impurities are known to act as catalysts for bubble nucleation. Although this mechanism is critical to many industrial and natural processes, a reliable prediction of heterogeneous nucleation rates is not yet available. This paper is significant because it further extends the Fluctuating Diffuse Interface modelling we proposed, to more realistic conditions where the fluid is confined by solid walls. This enables the evaluation of the nucleation rates at different wall wettabilities, both hydrophobic and hydrophilic. This research is a key outcome of a Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowship (BOIL-MODE-ON, 836693).
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- Non-English
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