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Evaporating Drops of Alkane Mixtures

Classical Physics 2016-08-16 v1 Fluid Dynamics

Abstract

Alkane mixtures are model systems where the influence of surface tension gradients during the spreading and the evaporation of wetting drops can be easily studied. The surface tension gradients are mainly induced by concentration gradients, mass diffusion being a stabilising process. Depending on the relative concentration of the mixture, a rich pattern of behaviours is obtained.

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@article{arxiv.physics/0512021,
  title  = {Evaporating Drops of Alkane Mixtures},
  author = {Geoffroy Guéna and Christophe Poulard and Anne-Marie Cazabat},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0512021},
  year   = {2016}
}

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22 pages 9 figures

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