Special features of boiling of a slightly subcooled liquid

Slightly subcooled boiling is characterized by the fact that vapor bubbles that form at active sites on the heater surface grow continuously and, having attained a maximum size, separate and float. The frequency of bubble separation, which determines the rate of heat transfer, depends on the degree of subcooling of the boiling liquid. Translated from Inzhenerno-Fizicheskii Zhurnal, Vol. 71, No. 6, pp. 993–995, November–December, 1998.