Post-nucleation growth of water microdroplets in supersaturated gas mixtures: A molecular simulation study

International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer

Volumn 40, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2393-2406

  Carey, V P ^a   Oyumi, S M ^a   Ahmed, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONDENSATION; HEAT TRANSFER; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); KINETIC THEORY OF GASES; MASS TRANSFER; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUCLEATION; SUPERSATURATION; TRANSPORT PROPERTIES; WATER;

CONTINUUM TRANSPORT; FREE MOLECULAR FLOW; POST NUCLEATION GROWTH; QUASI EQUILIBRIUM CONDENSATION GROWTH; SUPERSATURATED GAS MIXTURES; WATER MICRODROPLETS;

DROP FORMATION;

EID: 0031176611     PISSN: 00179310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0017-9310(96)00292-X     Document Type: Article

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