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Nucleate Boiling

Nucleate Boiling is a mode of boiling heat transfer characterized by the formation and growth of vapor bubbles at discrete nucleation sites on a heated surface in contact with a liquid, driven by localized superheating above the saturation temperature.

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A Method of Correlating Heat-Transfer Data for Surface Boiling of Liquids

W. M. Rohsenow · Transactions of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers · 1952 · 1.6K citations · Full text

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A General Correlation for Saturated Two-Phase Flow Boiling Heat Transfer Inside Horizontal and Vertical Tubes

Satish G. Kandlikar · Journal of Heat Transfer · 1990 · 1.2K citations

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On the Size Range of Active Nucleation Cavities on a Heating Surface

Y. Y. Hsu · Journal of Heat Transfer · 1962 · 999 citations

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A general correlation for saturated and subcooled flow boiling in tubes and annuli, based on a nucleate pool boiling equation

Z. Liu, R.H.S. Winterton · International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer · 1991 · 957 citations

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Effect of nanoparticles on critical heat flux of water in pool boiling heat transfer

Siming You, J. H. Kim, Kyung Ho Kim · Applied Physics Letters · 2003 · 943 citations

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    Vijay K. Dhir

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    24 publications · 3.9K citations

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  2. JR
    John R. Thome

    École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland

    19 publications · 1.1K citations

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  3. AS
    Atul Srivastava

    Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, India

    18 publications · 644 citations

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  4. MS
    Mohamed S. El‐Genk

    University of New Mexico, United States

    20 publications · 885 citations

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  5. PS
    Peter Stephan

    Technische Universität Darmstadt, Germany

    18 publications · 953 citations

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  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology

    Cambridge, United States

    23 h-index

    70 publications

    10.2K citations

  2. University of California, Los Angeles

    Los Angeles, United States

    23 h-index

    60 publications

    8.6K citations

  3. Kyushu University

    Fukuoka, Japan

    21 h-index

    73 publications

    4.2K citations

  4. Xi'an Jiaotong University

    Xi'an, China

    21 h-index

    120 publications

    3.8K citations

  5. Shanghai Jiao Tong University

    Shanghai, China

    20 h-index

    70 publications

    2.8K citations

  6. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    19 h-index

    65 publications

    2.8K citations

  7. Purdue University West Lafayette

    West Lafayette, United States

    19 h-index

    62 publications

    5.2K citations

  8. Pohang University of Science and Technology

    Pohang, South Korea

    19 h-index

    96 publications

    6.8K citations

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  1. International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

    283 publications · 19.9K citations

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  2. Journal of Heat Transfer

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  3. Applied Thermal Engineering

    51 publications · 2.2K citations

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  4. Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science

    ETFS · 56 publications · 2.6K citations

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  5. Heat Transfer Engineering

    42 publications · 2.4K citations

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