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    • Physical Chemistry
    • Aerosol Science
    • Materials Science

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    • Drying and crystallization of solution droplets are critical in spray-drying, aerosol therapies, and climate science.
    • Accurate measurement of transient droplet properties during drying has been challenging due to their ephemeral nature.
    • Existing models for droplet drying kinetics, nucleation, and crystallization lack robust experimental validation.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To report novel measurements of drying kinetics for individual aqueous sodium chloride solution droplets.
    • To develop and validate a numerical model for droplet drying and crystallization.
    • To understand and control the crystallization process in evaporating droplets.

    Main Methods:

    • Utilized an electrodynamic balance to isolate and trap single aerosol droplets (radius ≈ 25 μm).
    • Measured drying kinetics and crystallization times of hundreds of identical evaporating droplets.
    • Introduced a numerical model accounting for surface recession and intra-droplet diffusion.

    Main Results:

    • Demonstrated high reproducibility in droplet size, drying rate, and crystallization time.
    • Identified a critical supersaturation level of 2.04 ± 0.02 at the droplet surface for nucleation and crystallization.
    • The numerical model consistently explains the timescale and surface concentration of droplet crystallization.

    Conclusions:

    • Drying-induced crystallization in aqueous NaCl droplets is fully determined by surface supersaturation.
    • The developed phenomenological model accurately describes droplet crystallization kinetics.
    • Findings are crucial for controlling crystallization rates and amorphous particle formation in aerosol systems.