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Induction of Microstreaming by Nonspherical Bubble Oscillations in an Acoustic Levitation System
Published on: May 9, 2021
Comment on "Simple improvements to classical bubble nucleation models"
Jürn W P Schmelzer1, Vladimir G Baidakov2
1Institute of Physics, University of Rostock, Albert-Einstein-Strasse 23-24, 18059 Rostock, Germany.
Abstract:
A critical analysis of several statements concerning experimental studies, molecular dynamics simulations, and the theoretical interpretation of bubble nucleation processes is performed. In particular, it is shown that the Tolman equation does not supply us, in general, with a satisfactory theoretically founded description of the curvature dependence of the surface tension and the dependence of the steady-state nucleation rate of bubbles and droplets on supersaturation in the framework of classical nucleation theory.
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