Van der Waals stabilization of bubbles
- 17 February 1986
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 56 (7) , 732-733
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.56.732
Abstract
When the Van der Waals equation of state is valid for a real gas bubble in a liquid, the bubble radius will decrease by diffusion until the Van der Waals forces are in stable equilibrium with the surface tension.Keywords
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