Field Test of the Stabilization of Supersized Water Droplets Condensed on Pyrotechnically Generated Hygroscopic Nuclei.

Abstract

A field experiment is described which was undertaken to determine if water droplets grown on pyrotechnically generated hygroscopic nuclei at high relative humidities can be stabilized in size when exposed to lower ambient relative humidities. Droplets coated with surface active materials were observed to persist longer than untreated droplets in identical experiments performed off of Nantucket, Massachusetts. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 10, 1979
Accession Number
ADA073035

Entities

People

  • B. G. Julian
  • J. Sedlacek
  • R. K. Markson
  • S. G. Gathman

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Temperature
  • Aircrafts
  • Atlantic Ocean
  • Combustion
  • Computer Programs
  • Condensation
  • Condensation Nuclei
  • Diffusion
  • Environment
  • Field Tests
  • Heat Energy
  • Humidity
  • Materials
  • Measurement
  • Research Aircraft
  • Scattering
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Aerosol Science/Aerosol Physics
  • Climatology