Scaled nucleation theory for bubble nucleation of lower alkanes.
A scaling law for bubble nucleation data is developed based on the classical nucleation theory and a scaled surface tension correlation. The scaled approach is applied to a set of bubble nucleation data for lower alkanes available in the literature. The results are found to agree well also with the nucleation data for several other non-polar substances. The scaling approach is presented as a tool useful for checking the consistency of bubble nucleation data reported in the literature, and for predicting bubble nucleation for substances not measured experimentally.
Institute of Thermomechanics ASCR, Dolejškova 5, 18200, Praha 8, Czech Republic, nemec@it.cas.cz.
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