Rocket drops: The self-propulsion of supercooled freezing drops
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چکیده
Supercooled water drops move spontaneously while freezing in vacuum. This self-propulsion phenomenon is caused by an enhanced evaporation rate from the frozen regions of drops. The evaporating molecules carry momentum, and acquire opposite same as rocket propulsion.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Physical review fluids
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['2469-9918', '2469-990X']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevfluids.8.l021601