Published September 1977
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Journal Article
Brownian coagulation in the transition regime
- Creators
- Sitarski, Marek
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Seinfeld, John H.
Abstract
The rate of Brownian coagulation of aerosols is studied theoretically. The particle distribution function is assumed to be governed by the Fokker-Planck equation, which is solved analytically by the 13-moment method of Grad. An expression for the coagulation parameter β(aᵢ, aⱼ) is obtained from the solution over all ranges of particle radii aᵢ and aⱼ. The coagulation rates predicted by the solution agree closely with those predicted by the empirical expression of Fuchs as well as with those recently obtained experimentally by Chatterjee, Kerker, and Cooke.
Additional Information
© 1977 Published by Elsevier. Marek Sitarski was supported by a Fulbright-Hayes fellowship. This work was also supported in part by National Science Foundation Grant ENG 71-02486. The authors extend their appreciation to Fred Gelbard for his assistance with the calculations.Additional details
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- 120878
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- CaltechAUTHORS:20230414-532651000.21
- Fulbright Foundation
- ENG71-02486
- NSF
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