Experimental investigation of pendant and sessile drops in microgravity

Microgravity Science and Technology

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 339-345

  Zhu, Zhi Qiang ^a   Brutin, David ^b   Liu, Qiu Sheng ^a   Wang, Yang ^a   Mourembles, Alexandre ^b   Xie, Jing Chang ^a   Tadrist, Lounes ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF MECHANICS   (China)

^b AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Drop; Drop Tower; Evaporation; Wettability

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENT SUBSTRATES; DROP TOWER; DROP TOWERS; EVAPORATING DROPS; EXPERIMENTAL INVESTIGATIONS; MICROGRAVITY CONDITIONS; MICROGRAVITY ENVIRONMENTS; PENDANT DROP; SESSILE DROPS; SURFACE TEMPERATURES;

ATMOSPHERIC TEMPERATURE; CONTACT ANGLE; EVAPORATION; EXPERIMENTS; MICROGRAVITY; MICROGRAVITY PROCESSING; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WETTING;

DROPS;

EID: 79955125257     PISSN: 09380108     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12217-010-9224-7     Document Type: Article

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