This monograph discusses the essential principles of the evaporation

process by looking at it at the molecular and atomic level.

In the first part methods of statistical physics, physical kinetics and

numerical modeling are outlined including the Maxwell’s distribution

function, the Boltzmann kinetic equation, the Vlasov approach, and the

CUDA technique.

The distribution functions of evaporating particles are then defined.

Experimental results on the evaporation coefficient and the temperature

jump on the evaporation surface are critically reviewed and compared to

the theory and numerical results presented in previous chapters.

The book ends with a chapter devoted to evaporation in different

processes, such as boiling and cavitation.This monograph addresses

graduate students and researchers working on phase transitions and

related fields.