AN ACCURATE METHOD OF MEASURING LIFETIME OF SUPERHEATED DROPS USING DIFFERENTIAL MANOMETER

Authors
ROY B CHATERJEE BK ROY SC
Citation
B. Roy et al., AN ACCURATE METHOD OF MEASURING LIFETIME OF SUPERHEATED DROPS USING DIFFERENTIAL MANOMETER, Radiation measurements, 29(2), 1998, pp. 173-176
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Nuclear Sciences & Tecnology
Journal title
Radiation measurements → ACNP
ISSN journal
13504487
Volume
29
Issue
2
Year of publication
1998
Pages
173 - 176
Database
ISI
SICI code
1350-4487(1998)29:2<173:AAMOML>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
A novel method of measuring the rate of nucleation of superheated drop s and also the lifetime of metastable superheated drops accurately has been developed. The lifetime of superheated drops of Freon-12 has bee n determined by measuring the time dependence of the volume of vapour formed due to spontaneous nucleation of the drops using a relative wat er manometer. The time dependence of the nucleated volume of vapour in dicates the presence of two lifetimes of decay of superheated droplets by spontaneous nucleation. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.