2010 Annual Meeting

(429g) Evaporation Suppression Using Satellite Drops

Authors

Wasnik, P. S. - Presenter, Lamar University
Tadmor, R. - Presenter, Lamar University
Leh, A. - Presenter, Lamar University
Bahadur, P. - Presenter, Lamar University


The evaporation of a water drop placed on a surface is often a problem during experimentations. We demonstrate a way to suppress this evaporation. We show how addition of many small satellite drops surrounding the surface provides an above-saturation humidity condition for the main drop. Being smaller, the satellite drops evaporate faster suppressing the evaporation of the main drop that is used for experiments rather efficiently.