On the mechanism of dropwise condensation of steam on ion implanted metallic surfaces

Journal of Heat Transfer

Volumn 132, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1-3

  Rausch, Michael H ^a   Leipertz, Alfred ^a   Fröba, Andreas P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dropwise condensation; Ion implantation; Microscopic mechanism; Nucleation; Wetting

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT AIR CONDITIONS; CONDENSATION RATES; DROPLET COALESCENCE; DROPLET NUCLEATION; DROPWISE CONDENSATION; EXPERIMENTAL OBSERVATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDIES; ION IMPLANTED; METALLIC SURFACE; MICROSCOPIC MECHANISM; MICROSCOPIC MECHANISMS; MICROSCOPIC MODELS; MODEL-BASED; NANO-STRUCTURED; SPECIAL SURFACES; SURFACE FREE ENERGY; THEORETICAL APPROACH; TRANSITION STATE;

COALESCENCE; CONDENSATION; CONTACT ANGLE; DROP FORMATION; ION IMPLANTATION; METALLIC COMPOUNDS; NUCLEATION; STEAM; WETTING;

STEAM CONDENSERS;

EID: 77955290799     PISSN: 00221481     EISSN: 15288943     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1115/1.4001646     Document Type: Article

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