Fig. 1. Lifetime of a bubble smaller than 1000 nm predicted by the theory of Epstein and Plesset. The graph depicts the calculated radius of a nitrogen-filled bubble in a nitrogen saturated solution versus time (T = 300 K, γ = 0.072 J m⁻², D = 2.0 × 10⁻⁹ m² s⁻¹, C_sat = 0.6379 mol m⁻³, ρ_{1 atm} = 40.6921 mol m⁻³).^8,9.