FIG. 8 The geometry of the spherical cap ACDB, showing the cap height, h. It is easy to show that h=R(1+cos θ), and from this to deduce that For liquid drops nucleating on a surface,

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FIG. 8 The geometry of the spherical cap ACDB, showing the cap height, h. It is easy to show that h=R(1+cos θ), and from this to deduce that For liquid drops nucleating on a surface,

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ABSTRACT

Thus it is theoretically possible for a solid surface to be sufficiently catalytic for bubble nucleation to cause bubbles to form at any positive supersaturation. To sufficiently lower the exponential term to explain some of