A Test of the Equation for Bubble Nucleation in Polymer Solutions

Jennings/Middleman (1985) [1] got data for bubble nucleation in polymer solutions. Jennings (2012) [2] first derived the exact equation that agreed with that data and Jennings (2014) [3] expanded the (2012) equation. In this paper, Jennings presents mathematics that tests the (2014) equation, which is strictly true only for w2 → 0 or (n2 / no) → 0. The workup for (n2 / no) = 0, 0.01, 0.02 and 0.25 shows that the formula is only true for the limiting case mathematically, but the actual data gives straight lines for 2000 and 4000 daltons.