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THE stability of a water mist formed in an atmosphere that is not fully saturated is severely affected by droplet evaporation. Thus a water-drop 10µ. in radius suspended in air at 20° C. and 80 per cent relative humidity can be shown to have a life of only 2.4 sec. Richardson1 describes experiments in which no water-drop of radius less than 200µ, dropped from the top of a 40-m. tower, reached the bottom.
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EISNER, H., BROOKES, F. & QUINCE, B. Stabilization of Water Mists. Nature 182, 1724 (1958). https://doi.org/10.1038/1821724a0
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