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Freezing of a Liquid Marble

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In this study, we present for the first time the observations of a freezing liquid marble. In the experiment, liquid marbles are gently placed on the cold side of a Thermo-Electric Cooler (TEC) and the morphological changes are recorded and characterized thereafter. These liquid marbles are noticed to undergo a shape transition from a spherical to a flying-saucer shaped morphology. The freezing dynamics of liquid marbles is observed to be very different from that of a freezing water droplet on a superhydrophobic surface. For example, the pointy tip appearing on a frozen water drop could not be observed for a frozen liquid marble. In the end, we highlight a possible explanation for the observed morphology.

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Sourcearxiv
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AuthorAli Hashmi, Adam Strauss, Jie Xu
Published2012-07-03
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Source URLhttp://arxiv.org/abs/1207.0848v1
Direct URLhttps://arxiv.org/pdf/1207.0848v1
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