Thermophoretic force acting on an evaporating particle suspended in a rarefied plasma
Tóm tắt
Analytical results of the thermophoretic force on an evaporating spherical particle immersed in a rarefied plasma with a large temperature gradient are presented for the extreme case of free-molecule regime and thin plasma sheath. It has been shown that the existence of a temperature gradient in the plasma causes a nonuniform distribution of the local heat flux density on the sphere surface with its maximum value at the fore-stagnation point of the sphere, although the total heal flux to the whole particle is independent of the temperature gradient existing in the plasma. This nonuniform-distribution of the local heat flux density causes a nonuniform distribution of the. local evaporated-mass flux and related reaction force around the surface of an evaporating particle, and thus causes an additional force on the particle. Calculated results show that the thermophoretic force on an evaporating particle may substantially exceed that on a nonevaporating one, especially for the case of a metallic particle (with infinite electric conductivity). The effect of evaporation on the thermophoretic force is more pronounced as the evaporation latent heat of the particle material is comparatively low and as high plasma temperatures are involved.
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