Evaporation rate and development of wetted area of water droplets with and without surfactant at different locations on waxy leaf surfaces

Biosystems Engineering

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-67

  Xu, Linyun ^a   Zhu, Heping ^b   Ozkan, H Erdal ^a   Thistle, Harold W ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

^c USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITS; EFFICIENCY; EVAPORATION; LOCATION; SURFACE ACTIVE AGENTS; WETTING;

CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; DROPLET DIAMETERS; EVAPORATION RATE; EVAPORATION TIME; PESTICIDE APPLICATIONS; SECONDARY VEINS; SPRAY APPLICATION; SPRAY SOLUTIONS;

DROPS;

EID: 77951209122     PISSN: 15375110     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biosystemseng.2010.02.004     Document Type: Article

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