title: Delay of explosive vaporization in pulsed laser-heated droplets.
abstract: Measurements of time delays for explosion of pulsed CO(2) laser-heated droplets are presented. A simple model based on classical nucleation theory in superheated liquids, which neglects heat and mass transport, is used to interpret the data. The model shows good agreement with the experimental observations.
authors.affiliation: New Mexico State University, Department of Physics, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003, USA.
authors.forename: B S
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Park
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Biswas
authors.forename: R L
authors.initials: RL
authors.lastname: Armstrong
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Pinnick