This monograph discusses the essential principles of the evaporationprocess by looking at it at
the molecular and atomic level. In the first part methods of statistical physics physical
kinetics andnumerical modeling are outlined including the Maxwell's distributionfunction the
Boltzmann kinetic equation the Vlasov approach and theCUDA technique. The distribution
functions of evaporating particles are then defined.Experimental results on the evaporation
coefficient and the temperaturejump on the evaporation surface are critically reviewed and
compared tothe theory and numerical results presented in previous chapters. The book ends with
a chapter devoted to evaporation in differentprocesses such as boiling and cavitation.This
monograph addressesgraduate students and researchers working on phase transitions andrelated
fields.
