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Spontaneous nucleation of bubbles in a gas-saturated melt under instantaneous decompression

A. A. Chernov^a, V. K. Kedrinskii^b, M. N. Davydov<sup>b

a</sup> Kutateladze Institute of Thermophysics, Siberian Division, Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, 630090
^b Lavrentyev Institute of Hydrodynamics of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk

Abstract: Based on the kinetic theory of phase transitions, the problem of spontaneous nucleation of gas bubbles in a gas-saturated melt under instantaneous decompression is considered. The total number of nucleation centers formed in the process and their size distribution function are found.

Keywords: decompression, spontaneous nucleation, diffusion, volcanic eruption.

UDC: 532.787:550.3

Received: 11.11.2003

 English version: Journal of Applied Mechanics and Technical Physics, 2004, 45:2, 281–285

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