The dynamic behavior of charged aerosols: I. Particle charging in the low particle concentration limit

Abstract

This paper is the first of a three-part series examining the dynamic behavior of charged aerosols and the interaction between particle charging by ions and particle-particle coagulation. Part I focuses on the case in which particle concentrations are sufficiently low that particle-particle coagulation and particle-particle electrostatic dispersion may be neglected. The general equations governing the ion and particle concentrations are solved analytically in the cases of particles in a cloud of unipolarly charged ions and bipolarly charged ions. Certain previously available solutions are shown to be special cases of the general solutions obtained here.

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