Effect of environmental factors on the kinetics of evaporation of droplets containing bact

James Redfern's dataset measures droplet evaporation times on copper, PVC, polypropylene, and nitrile rubber surfaces under controlled temperature, humidity, and airflow. The data, last updated on 2026-05-28, compares experimental results with three evaporation models (constant wetted area, constant contact angle, and a mixed mode). The presence of bacteria or viruses consistently reduced evaporation time, which may affect the assessment of antimicrobial surface efficacy.

Use Cases

• Modeling droplet evaporation kinetics based on controlled environmental factors like temperature and humidity.
• Evaluating the impact of surface material on microbial survival based on measured drying times.
• Comparing experimental data with theoretical evaporation models (CWA, CCA, mixed mode) mentioned in the description.
• Assessing how the presence of microorganisms alters evaporation dynamics for infection control studies.

Strengths

• Data includes controlled measurements across four distinct surface materials (copper, PVC, polypropylene, nitrile rubber).
• Experimental conditions specify three controlled environmental factors: temperature, relative humidity, and airflow.
• Dataset is 90.2 MB, containing both DOCX and XLSX files for documentation and data.
• Released under a permissive CC-BY-4.0 license, facilitating reuse and sharing.

Limitations

• Row count and column-level documentation are unknown, which may limit suitability assessment.
• Data may reflect experimental bias inherent to the specific laboratory setup described.
• Description metadata is limited; actual data quality requires manual inspection after download.

Provenance

Source

James Redfern via figshare

Collection Method

Droplet evaporation time was measured on surfaces in a controlled test chamber.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05-28 18:00:59; freshness should be verified.