title: Coarsening Due to Thermally Induced Marangoni Convection
abstract: The growth of closely packed droplets in a decomposing butoxyethanol/water mixture is studied at reduced gravity during scaled times t* = t(D/xi2) 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.
authors.affiliation: Institut fur Raumsimulation, DLR, Koln, 51147, Germany
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ikier
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Klein
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Woermann