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Published April 1986 | Version public
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Effect of spatial inhomogeneities on the rate of homogeneous nucleation in systems with aerosol particles

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Abstract

The presence of growing particles in a system leads to spatial inhomogeneities in the vapor concentration. The effect of these spatial variations on the rate of formation of new particles by homogeneous nucleation is examined theoretically using a cell model. Results indicate that the presence of these inhomogeneities in systems both with and without initial aerosol has generally little effect on the final number concentration of particles following a nucleation "event."

Additional Information

© 1986 Academic Press. Received June 10, 1985; accepted September 4, 1985. This work was supported by National Science Foundation Grant ATM-8208625 and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory by the U.S. Dept. of Energy.

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Eprint ID
58718
DOI
10.1016/0021-9797(86)90406-6
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10.1016/0021-9797(86)90406-6 (DOI)

Funding

NSF
ATM-8208625
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Department of Energy (DOE)

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