Open AccessMinimum and maximum size of levitating water droplets above the surface of a heated liquid layer
Author(s) -
Dmitry Zaitsev,
A. I. Shatekova,
Maxim V. Pukhovoy
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
journal of physics. conference series
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.21
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1742-6596
pISSN - 1742-6588
DOI - 10.1088/1742-6596/1867/1/012039
Subject(s) - levitation , condensation , materials science , work (physics) , liquid flow , layer (electronics) , mechanics , surface (topology) , thermodynamics , composite material , physics , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics , magnet
This work is devoted to the phenomenon of levitation of liquid microdroplets above hot liquid interfaces. The droplets levitate due to air-vapour upward flow from the liquid surface and grow in time due to condensation. It was found that the diameter of droplets linearly increases with time. The maximum possible and minimum possible droplet sizes were measured depending on the substrate temperature.