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Why do air bubbles stick to the side of plastic tubing?
I'm watching water with air bubbles flow through transparent plastic tubing. The inner diameter is a few mm. Bubbles typically are the same diameter as the tubing, with length about the same or up ...
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What are the coefficients α, β, and κ in this equation for decompression-induced gas bubble growth?
I am reading a text about gas nuclei I encountered the following formula:
$$r = \alpha + \beta \left( \frac{T}{P} \right)^\frac{1}{3} + \kappa \left( \frac{T}{P} \right)^\frac{2}{3}$$
$r$ is the ...
