화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, Vol.184, No.2, 693-695, 1996
Coarsening Due to Thermally-Induced Marangoni Convection
The growth of closely packed droplets in a decomposing butoxyethanol/water mixture is studied at reduced gravity during scaled times t* = t(D/xi(2)) on the order of t* = 10(6) (t, time; D, diffusion coefficient; xi, correlation length). Thermally induced Marangoni convection at the surfaces of the droplets causes an enhancement of the coarsening process.