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Surface and volume mechanisms for the evaporation of matter through interaction with intense radiation fluxes are discussed. Calculations are performed which assume the existence of both fluctuation and steady-state bubbles in a material and which include superheating of the material ahead of the inward-travelling vaporization wave. The dependence of the incident energy flux density on the average thickness of the energy deposition zone for which the transition from surface to volume vaporization occurs is obtained for aluminum, copper, and lead.
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Translated from Zhurnal Prikladnoi Mekhaniki i Tekhnichekoi Fiziki, No. 5, pp. 49–57, September–October, 1972.
The author thanks I. V. Nemchinov for suggesting the topic and for valuable discussions.
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Kondrat'ev, V.N. Vaporization of matter through interaction with intense energy fluxes. J Appl Mech Tech Phys 13, 642–648 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00850878
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00850878