Effect of contact angle on water droplet freezing process on a cold flat surface

Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

Volumn 40, Issue , 2012, Pages 74-80

  Huang, Lingyan ^a,b   Liu, Zhongliang ^a   Liu, Yaomin ^a   Gou, Yujun ^a,b   Wang, Li ^c  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b CHINA ACADEMY OF LAUNCH VEHICLE TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^c TANGSHAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Contact angle; Crystal growth; Hydrophobic surface; Water droplet

Indexed keywords

COPPER SURFACE; DROPLET SURFACES; FLAT SURFACES; FREEZING PROCESS; FREEZING TIME; HYDROPHOBIC SURFACES; WATER DROPLETS;

CONTACT ANGLE; COPPER; CRYSTAL GROWTH; FREEZING; HYDROPHOBICITY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 84862783631     PISSN: 08941777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.expthermflusci.2012.02.002     Document Type: Article

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