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Langmuir’s Equation for Evaporation

Posted on April 17, 2012 by eric

Irving Langmuir (1881 Jan 13 – 1957 Aug 16) once derived a neat equation that describes the evaporation of a liquid. And he used an astonishingly elegant argument to get it. We begin to follow Langmuir’s logical path by assuming … Continue reading →

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