Lab study
1969
Evaporation Retarded by Monolayers
William D. Garrett · Science (1969)
Key finding (our summary)
Demonstrates that the evaporation-suppression efficiency of a hexadecanol monolayer is governed primarily by the air velocity over the surface, largely independent of the underlying (uncovered) evaporation rate — a mechanistic result with direct implications for where and how chemical films can be expected to perform.
Pins down why monolayers fade in the wind: it is air velocity over the film, not the raw evaporation rate, that sets suppression efficiency.
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