Mesoscale investigation of frost formation on a cold surface

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 31, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1043-1048

  Wu, Xiaomin ^a   Dai, Wantian ^a   Xu, Wangfa ^b   Tang, Liming ^c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

^b TONGJI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Freezing onset time; Frost crystal shape; Frost crystals; Frost formation; Super cooled droplets

Indexed keywords

FREEZING ONSET TIME; FROST CRYSTAL SHAPE; FROST CRYSTALS; FROST FORMATION; SUPER-COOLED DROPLETS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; THERMAL EFFECTS;

DROP FORMATION;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CRYSTAL GROWTH; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DROP FORMATION; THERMAL EFFECTS;

EID: 34447564939     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2006.11.002     Document Type: Article

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