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00925njm 22002777a 4500 dc Glavatskiy, K. S. author Reguera, D. (David) author Bedeaux, Dick author 2014-03-14T07:49:41Z 2014-03-14T07:49:41Z 2013-05-29 2014-03-14T07:49:41Z We analyze the stability of small bubbles in a closed system with fixed volume, temperature, and number of molecules. We show that there exists a minimum stable size of a bubble. Thus there exists a range of densities where no stable bubbles are allowed and the system has a homogeneous density which is lower than the coexistence density of the liquid. This becomes possible due to the finite liquid compressibility. Capillary analysis within the developed"modified bubble" model illustrates that the existence of the minimum bubble size is associated to the compressibility and it is not possible when the liquid is strictly incompressible. This finding is expected to have very important implications in cavitation and boiling. Nucleació Termodinàmica del desequilibri Capil·laritat Equacions d'estat Hidrodinàmica Nucleation Nonequilibrium thermodynamics Capillarity Equations of state Hydrodynamics Effect of compressibility in bubble formation in closed systems