Research on Spontaneous Diffusion and Fragmentation of Liquid Droplets Caused by Marangoni Effect

Abstract

The Marangoni effect is important to drying silicon wafers, the fields of welding and improving engine liquid fuel efficiency. In this paper, we investigate the Marangoni flow caused by the evaporation of droplets of alcohol solution, which eventually causes the droplet "atomization" phenomenon. The Marangoni convection phenomenon was studied in terms of temperature and droplet concentration, and the changes of droplet diffusion and the degree of droplet "atomization" were investigated after droplets of different volume concentrations of Isopropyl Alcohol (IPA) were added to different solutions.