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Record Nr.

UNINA9910300555103321

Autore

Gerasimov Denis N

Titolo

Kinetics of Evaporation / / by Denis N. Gerasimov, Eugeny I. Yurin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2018

ISBN

3-319-96304-X

Edizione

[1st ed. 2018.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (334 pages)

Collana

Springer Series in Surface Sciences, , 0931-5195 ; ; 68

Disciplina

530.427

Soggetti

Phase transitions (Statistical physics)

Statistical physics

Thermodynamics

Heat engineering

Heat transfer

Mass transfer

Materials—Surfaces

Thin films

Phase Transitions and Multiphase Systems

Statistical Physics and Dynamical Systems

Engineering Thermodynamics, Heat and Mass Transfer

Applications of Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos Theory

Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Preface -- Phase transition ‘liquid – vapor’ -- The statistical approach -- The kinetic approach -- Numerical experiments: molecular dynamics simulations -- Velocity distribution function of evaporated atoms -- Total fluxes from the evaporation surface -- The evaporation coefficient -- Temperature jump on the evaporation surface -- Evaporation in the processes of boiling and cavitation -- Appendix A. Distribution functions -- Appendix B. Special functions.

Sommario/riassunto

This monograph discusses the essential principles of the evaporation process by looking at it at the molecular and atomic level. In the first part methods of statistical physics, physical kinetics and numerical



modeling are outlined including the Maxwell’s distribution function, the Boltzmann kinetic equation, the Vlasov approach, and the CUDA technique. The distribution functions of evaporating particles are then defined. Experimental results on the evaporation coefficient and the temperature jump on the evaporation surface are critically reviewed and compared to the theory and numerical results presented in previous chapters. The book ends with a chapter devoted to evaporation in different processes, such as boiling and cavitation. This monograph addresses graduate students and researchers working on phase transitions and related fields.