How the Physics of Champagne and Soda Bubbles May Help Address the World's Future Energy Needs
Thursday, December 18, 2014 - 11:30
in Physics & Chemistry
Most power stations rely on boilers to convert water into steam, but the phase transition involved is highly complex. During the phase transition, no one is exactly sure what's occurring inside the boiler -- especially how bubbles form. So a team of researchers in Japan set out to find an answer and in the Journal of Chemical Physics, they describe how they were able to simulate bubble nucleation from the molecular level.
