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Asymmetries in evaporation and condensation Knudsen layer problems

Tor Ytrehus
- 01 Apr 1983 - 
- Vol. 26, Iss: 4, pp 939-949
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In this article, basic asymmetries exist between half-space problems for evaporation and those for condensation, in the regime of linear transport, determined by the normalized latent heat of the substance, which is found to have a critical influence upon the flow behavior in the condensation problem.
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Basic asymmetries are shown to exist between half‐space problems for evaporation and those for condensation, in the regime of linear transport. The asymmetry is determined by the normalized latent heat of the substance, which is found to have a critical influence upon the flow behavior in the condensation problem. The analysis is based upon the linearized Maxwell–Boltzmann transport equation, and the results indicate nonexistence of solutions to the condensation half‐space problem for substances with latent heat below a certain critical value.

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