source of the "uniform-temperature layer" during water evaporation.
Published: 2005
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
Description: Thermocapillary convection had not been observed in water until the evaporation experiments conducted by Ward and Duan. Temperature discontinuities have been observed at the liquid-vapor interface during steady state water evaporation. Below the liquid-vapor interface, an uniform-temperature layer has been found. A hypothesis is introduced claiming that the uniform-temperature layer results from the thermocapillary convection and buoyancy. The hypothesis has been examined by comparing the liquid temperature profiles of two series of experiments. The uniform-temperature layer was observed when the thermocapillary convection and the buoyancy were both presented. Otherwise, the uniform temperature layer is not observed.
Notes: Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 44-01, page: 0533.

Thesis (M.A.Sc.)--University of Toronto, 2005.

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