Kinetic Characteristic of Bubble Nucleation in Superheated Water using Fluid Inclusions

Water in fluid inclusions achieved a superheated condition by isochoric cooling method and the kinetic characteristic of bubble nucleation in water was investigated. The conventional study did not succeed in drawing a picture of bubble nucleation in water. The present study demonstrates that the homogeneous nucleation theory can describe the kinetic property of bubble nucleation in water, and that density fluctuation is a random event which brings about bubble nucleation in superheated water, and the lifetime of superheated water can be predicted with respect to the depth of penetration into the metastable region by the theory.