How Water Droplets Coalesce (IMAGE)

Norwegian University of Science and Technology

How Water Droplets Coalesce

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An image of two coalescing water droplets. The figure to the left shows a snapshot from a molecular dynamics simulation, where the small dots represent water molecules. The figure to the right illustrates the interface transfer coefficient for heat transfer, where the blue color means that the resistance to transfer is large. It is difficult to transport heat into or out of the region where the two droplets merge.

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Illustration:Øivind Wilhelmsen, SINTEF Energi

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