Published February 15, 2007 | Version v1
Journal article

Drop formation time from a liquid surface

Creators

  • 1. LCD Development Center, LCD Business, Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Asan-City, 336-841 (Korea, Republic of)

Description

The surface roughness of the free surface of inviscid liquids excited by thermal energy is proportional to the thermal energy and is inversely proportional to the surface tension of the liquid at a constant frequency. The surface wave of the liquid becomes unstable above a critical acceleration and the critical acceleration to make drops out of the liquid surface is predicted using the Rayleigh-Taylor instability theory. The delayed drop ejection from the surface of the liquid since the applied acceleration, called drop formation time, is inversely proportional to the square root of the difference between the applied acceleration and the critical acceleration

Additional details

Identifiers

DOI
10.1016/j.physb.2006.09.016;
PII
S0921-4526(06)01694-2;

Publishing Information

Journal Title
Physica. B, Condensed Matter
Journal Volume
389
Journal Issue
2
Journal Page Range
p. 377-379
ISSN
0921-4526
CODEN
PHYBE3

INIS

Country of Publication
Netherlands
Country of Input or Organization
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA)
INIS RN
38084819
Subject category
S75: CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, SUPERCONDUCTIVITY AND SUPERFLUIDITY;
Descriptors DEI
DROPLETS; LIQUIDS; PHASE STABILITY; PHASE STUDIES; RAYLEIGH-TAYLOR INSTABILITY; ROUGHNESS; SURFACE TENSION; SURFACES; WAVE PROPAGATION
Descriptors DEC
FLUIDS; INSTABILITY; PARTICLES; STABILITY; SURFACE PROPERTIES

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Copyright (c) 2006 Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam, The Netherlands, All rights reserved.