Measurement of Dew Droplets in Initial Deposition at Dew Point by Using a Phase-Shift Interference Microscope

摘要

In order to measure the total mass per unit area of dew droplets deposited on a metal plate in the dew-point hygrometer, the shape of a dew droplet deposited on a copper plate was measured accurately by using an interference microscope that employed a phase-shift technique. The microscope was constructed by adding a piezoelectric transducer to an usual interference microscope. A simple method that uses a conventional speaker horn and an optical fiber cable was introduced to depress speckle noise. The shape of a dew droplet deposited on the copper plate surface with 0.1μm in average roughness was measured with an accuracy of +-0.3nm. The mass of a dew droplet could be calculated numerically from the volume of its shape and was of the order of 10~(-9)g. The total mass of dew droplets deposited per unit area and the deposition velocity were obtained under a gentle wind. The total mass was the order of 10~(-5) g/cm~2 at the beginning of deposition and the deposition velocity was ranged from 2x10~(-6)to 6x10~(-5) g/cm~2.min.