A THEORY OF THE BREAKUP OF A SOLUTION SUPERSATURATED WITH GAS FOR ARBITRARY RATES AND A METHOD OF THE EXTERNAL GENERATION OF METASTABILITY IN THE SOLUTION

A general breakup theory is given for a solution supersaturated with gas where the rate of the external generation of metastability in the solution may be an arbitrary function of time rather than an exponential function, as was supposed earlier. A generalization is also given for a theory of the breakup of the solution supersaturated with gas, where external generalization of the solution metastability results either from the pumping of gas into the solution or a decrease of the concentration of the saturated solution by a temperature change and a pressure drop.