Breakup of liquids by high velocity flow and size distribution of chondrules

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Abstract As a new approach to understanding the chondrule formation process, we carried out aerodynamic experiments in which a liquid layer was attached to solid cores, and the breakup of this layer occurred by means of the interaction with a high-velocity gas flow. The size distribution of the dispersed droplets was investigated and compared with the size distributions of chondrules. Both distributions had an exponential form. Using the experimental results, the hydrodynamic pressure to produce the chondrule size distributions was estimated to be ∼ 10 4 Pa.

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  • Icarus

    Icarus 173 (2), 295-299, 2005-02

    Elsevier BV

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