Abstract
High-speed video is used to analyze the pinch-off of xenon in water. By varying the pressure in the xenon from 0.05 to 68 atm, the mass density ratio of the interior gaseous xenon to the exterior liquid water can be varied by over 3 orders of magnitude. Both the shape of the pinch region and the power law that governs the collapse of the minimum neck radius are distinctly different for the low (bubblelike) and high (dropletlike) cases. We show that there is a rather abrupt transition between these types of behavior near .
- Received 8 September 2008
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.214502
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