Freezing delay of a drop impacting on a monolayer of cold grains

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Main Authors: Li, Yudong, Zhao, Song-Chuan
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author Li, Yudong
Zhao, Song-Chuan
author_facet Li, Yudong
Zhao, Song-Chuan
contents We investigate a subfreezing droplet impact scenario in a low-humidity environment, where the target is a cold granular monolayer. When the undercooling degree of targets passes a threshold, such a granular layer effectively postpones the bulk freezing time of the droplet in comparison with the impact on the bare substrate underneath. In this case, the retraction of the droplet after impact reduces the contact area with the cold substrate, even though both the grains and the substrate are wettable to the liquid. We find that the significant changes in the dynamic behavior are triggered by freezing the liquid that wets the pores. Owing to the small dimension of the pores, the freezing process is rapid enough to match the dynamics over the droplet dimension. In certain circumstances, the rapid freezing may even stop liquid penetration and shed icing from the underneath surface.
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spellingShingle Freezing delay of a drop impacting on a monolayer of cold grains
Li, Yudong
Zhao, Song-Chuan
Fluid Dynamics
Soft Condensed Matter
We investigate a subfreezing droplet impact scenario in a low-humidity environment, where the target is a cold granular monolayer. When the undercooling degree of targets passes a threshold, such a granular layer effectively postpones the bulk freezing time of the droplet in comparison with the impact on the bare substrate underneath. In this case, the retraction of the droplet after impact reduces the contact area with the cold substrate, even though both the grains and the substrate are wettable to the liquid. We find that the significant changes in the dynamic behavior are triggered by freezing the liquid that wets the pores. Owing to the small dimension of the pores, the freezing process is rapid enough to match the dynamics over the droplet dimension. In certain circumstances, the rapid freezing may even stop liquid penetration and shed icing from the underneath surface.
title Freezing delay of a drop impacting on a monolayer of cold grains
topic Fluid Dynamics
Soft Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.05126