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Maximum stable droplets in dispersoids
Author(s) -
Mugele R. A.
Publication year - 1960
Publication title -
aiche journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.958
H-Index - 167
eISSN - 1547-5905
pISSN - 0001-1541
DOI - 10.1002/aic.690060103
Subject(s) - limiting , materials science , thermodynamics , mathematics , mechanics , statistical physics , chemistry , physics , engineering , mechanical engineering
Maximum stable droplet size in nonuniform dispersoids may be ignored or treated as a statistical‐limiting parameter or as a physically significant quantity. In this paper the author shows that treatment as a physically significant quantity is always permissible and in most cases advantageous. It is found that maximum stable droplet size as well as a mean droplet size can be calculated in some cases from theory and in other cases from correlated experimental data; this is illustrated with examples involving sprays and emulsions.