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Quantum Evaporation.

Source :
Scientific American; Oct83, Vol. 249 Issue 4, p85-87, 3p
Publication Year :
1983

Abstract

The article focuses on the study of a quantum evaporation, conducted by physicists M. J. Baird, F. R. Hope and A. F. G. Wyatt of the University of Exeter in England. According to their study, a single atom is ejected from the surface of a liquid by a single, quantified thermal excitation of the liquid. They also pointed out that the ordinary evaporation remains far too complex to be explained from the first principle of the quantum theory. In a demonstration of a quantum evaporation, the complex interactions that give rise to ordinary evaporation had to be eliminated.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00368733
Volume :
249
Issue :
4
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
Scientific American
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
19868498