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— PRESENT THEORY INCLUDING 

 HEAT TRANSFER 



THEORY WITHOUT HEAT TRANSFER 



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Figure 6. Comparison of theoretical bubble radius-time values with experimental values for water 

 at 1 atm external pressure, superheated to 103.1 °C. The solid curve is the Rayleigh growth 

 curve, obtained by neglecting heat transfer effects; the dashed curve is that predicted by the 

 asymptotic solution of the text, which takes heat transfer into account. 



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