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Dynamic Behaviors of Condensing Clusters Based on Rayleigh Scattering Experiment

Condensation is a common physical process which widely exists in natural phenomena and thermal energy systems. In a condensation process, cluster is considered as the important bridge between vapor body and condensates. However, limited by the minimum imaging dimension of traditional measurements, e...

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Published in:Scientific reports 2017-04, Vol.7 (1), p.987-8, Article 987
Main Authors: Lan, Zhong, Wang, Di, Cao, Kejian, Xue, Quan, Ma, Xuehu
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Language:English
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Summary:Condensation is a common physical process which widely exists in natural phenomena and thermal energy systems. In a condensation process, cluster is considered as the important bridge between vapor body and condensates. However, limited by the minimum imaging dimension of traditional measurements, early experimental studies about initial stages of condensation process are not sufficient. This paper provides a powerful optical platform for the study of dynamic clusters process. Based on the Rayleigh law, optical experiments were firstly introduced to investigate the clusters spatial distribution close to and far from condensation surface. The results show that clusters are mainly generated in the vicinity of the condensation surface within the thickness of 200  μ m. When they move away from the condensation surface, clusters progressively vanish and they have a life cycle of a fraction of a millisecond. Though scattering intensity is proportional to the 6th power of cluster radius r and cluster number density N c theoretically, the scattering intensity does not increase sharply with the increase of subcooling degree from the experimental results, so we can infer that the cluster number density plays a dominate role in this process and the effect of cluster radius almost can be ignored.Zhong Lan and Di Wang contributed equally to this work.
ISSN:2045-2322
2045-2322
DOI:10.1038/s41598-017-01190-9