LIMIT SUPERHEATING OF ELECTRICALLY CONDUCTING LIQUIDS - MICROHETEROGENEOUS MEDIA

The previously described method of pulsed joule heating of jets is use d to investigate limit superheating of microemulsions resulting from s tratification of solutions with the lower critical dissolution tempera ture, as well as of aqueous suspensions with a solid microdisperse pha se of aluminum or silicon oxides. It is shown that small additions of a second component of limited solubility are an efficient means for in itiating nucleation and substantially lower the boundary of achievable superheating.