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The diffusion-limited model for evaporation is used to calculate the evolution, and hence the lifetime, of droplets with any initial contact angle on a substrate with a wide range of thermal conductivities in both the constant contact radius and constant contact angle modes of evaporation. In particular, it is shown that when the initial contact angle is large, the thermally decoupled model for evaporation, which neglects evaporative cooling effects, underpredicts the lifetime of the droplet.
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FGHS acknowledges the financial support of the United Kingdom Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) via Doctoral Training Partnership grant EP/N509760/1, the University of Strathclyde, and the University of Edinburgh.
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Schofield, F.G.H., Wilson, S.K., Pritchard, D., Sefiane, K. (2021). The Strong Influence of Thermal Effects on the Lifetime of an Evaporating Droplet. In: Wen, C., Yan, Y. (eds) Advances in Heat Transfer and Thermal Engineering . Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-4765-6_19
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