Nucleation of Solid in an Undercooled Liquid by Cavitation
- 1 January 1966
- journal article
- Published by AIP Publishing in Journal of Applied Physics
- Vol. 37 (1) , 254-257
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1707821
Abstract
Cavitation in an undercooled liquid can nucleate solid. We have demonstrated, by a new experimental technique, that nucleation occurs when a cavity collapses, rather than when it expands. Extremely large pressures, ∼105 atm, are generated by the collapse of a cavity. The change in pressure lowers the freezing temperature of the liquid, and thereby results in nucleation. It is suggested that nucleation by scratching also takes place through the medium of cavitation.This publication has 2 references indexed in Scilit:
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