SUPERHEATED EMULSIONS - NEUTRONICS AND THERMODYNAMICS

The results of some recent theoretical and experimental investigations on the physics of superheated emulsions are presented. Computational fluid thermodynamics allowed for a detailed description of the tempora l and spatial history of the energy deposition process by a charged pa rticle in a superheated liquid. Despite the assumptions it is based up on, this model gives information in agreement with experimental data o n bubble nucleation. The experimental findings concern the role of int erfacial reactions between drops and emulsifer, the existence of inhib ition temperatures for the detector's response, and the progressive se nsitisation to protons.