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  2. Nucleate boiling - Wikipedia

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    The critical heat flux is the peak on the curve between nucleate boiling and transition boiling. The heat transfer from surface to liquid is greater than that in film boiling. Nucleate boiling is common in electric kettles and is responsible for the noise that occurs before boiling occurs. It also occurs in water boilers where water is rapidly ...

  3. Trouton's rule - Wikipedia

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    Enthalpies of melting and boiling for pure elements versus temperatures of transition, demonstrating Trouton's rule. In thermodynamics, Trouton's rule states that the (molar) entropy of vaporization is almost the same value, about 10.5 in nondimesnional units, or 85–88 if expressed in units J/(K·mol), for various kinds of liquids at their boiling points. [1]

  4. Nucleation - Wikipedia

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    Bubbles of carbon dioxide nucleate shortly after the pressure is released from a container of carbonated liquid. Nucleation in boiling can occur in the bulk liquid if the pressure is reduced so that the liquid becomes superheated with respect to the pressure-dependent boiling point. More often, nucleation occurs on the heating surface, at ...

  5. Classical nucleation theory - Wikipedia

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    Classical nucleation theory (CNT) is the most common theoretical model used to quantitatively study the kinetics of nucleation. [1] [2] [3] [4]Nucleation is the first step in the spontaneous formation of a new thermodynamic phase or a new structure, starting from a state of metastability.

  6. Critical heat flux - Wikipedia

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    The critical heat flux is an important point on the boiling curve and it may be desirable to operate a boiling process near this point. However, one could become cautious of dissipating heat in excess of this amount. Zuber, [6] through a hydrodynamic stability analysis of the problem has developed an expression to approximate this point.

  7. Phase rule - Wikipedia

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    In thermodynamics, the phase rule is a general principle governing multi-component, multi-phase systems in thermodynamic equilibrium.For a system without chemical reactions, it relates the number of freely varying intensive properties (F) to the number of components (C), the number of phases (P), and number of ways of performing work on the system (N): [1] [2] [3]: 123–125

  8. 1-Nonanol - Wikipedia

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    1-Nonanol / ˈ n oʊ n ə n ɒ l / is a straight chain fatty alcohol with nine carbon atoms and the molecular formula CH 3 (CH 2) 8 OH. It is a colorless oily liquid with a citrus odor similar to citronella oil. Nonanol occurs naturally in orange oil. The primary use of nonanol is in the manufacture of artificial lemon oil.

  9. Critical radius - Wikipedia

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    Critical radius is the minimum particle size from which an aggregate is thermodynamically stable. In other words, it is the lowest radius formed by atoms or molecules clustering together (in a gas, liquid or solid matrix) before a new phase inclusion (a bubble, a droplet or a solid particle) is viable and begins to grow.