Small Drops of Micro- and Nanometre Dimensions Have Surprised Researchers (IMAGE)

Institute of Physical Chemistry of the Polish Academy of Sciences

Small Drops of Micro- and Nanometre Dimensions Have Surprised Researchers

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Small drops of micro- and nanometre dimensions have surprised researchers: they evaporate more slowly than expected from hitherto predictions, because of the ballistic energy transfer between gas molecules and the surface of liquid. A similar mechanism drives the Newton's cradle.

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IPC PAS, Grzegorz Krzyzewski

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