Journal article
A Proposed Experiment for the Verification of Thomson's Nucleation Theory
Ferroelectrics, v 413(1)
01 Jan 2011
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Abstract
The modern theory of nucleation on charged particles, originally proposed by J.J. Thomson, is a powerful theoretical framework for explaining phenomena that combine electric and thermodynamic effects. Its predictive power is yet to be tested in a macroscopic setting. We suggest a simple and universal experiment to verify Thomson's theory. We show that for a two-phase heterogeneous liquid-vapor system contained between the plates of a capacitor, a change in voltage results in no flow of charge. If this vivid effect is not observed, it will be important to rethink the foundations of the theory.
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- Title
- A Proposed Experiment for the Verification of Thomson's Nucleation Theory
- Creators
- Pavel Grinfeld - Department of Mathematics , Drexel University
- Publication Details
- Ferroelectrics, v 413(1)
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Group
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Mathematics
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000299378500007
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-79960159222
- Other Identifier
- 991014878613304721
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- Web of Science research areas
- Materials Science, Multidisciplinary
- Physics, Condensed Matter