Application of scaled nucleation theory to metallic vapor condensation

Scaled vapor-to-liquid nucleation in a Lennard-Jones system.

Scaling of the homogenous vapor-to-liquid nucleation rate, J, is observed in a model Lennard-Jones (LJ) system. The model uses Monte Carlo simulation-generated small cluster growth to decay rate constant ratios and the kinetic steady-state nucleation rate formalism to determine J at four temperatures below the LJ critical temperature, T{c}. When plotted vs the scaled supersaturation, lnS/[T{c}/...

Efflorescence and ice nucleation in ammonium sulfate particles: Analysis of experimental results using scaled nucleation theory

Temperature-dependent efflorescence and ice nucleation results of ammonium sulfate aerosol obtained from flow tube studies are analyzed using a newly developed model based on scaled nucleation theory. The presented thermodynamic model defines trajectories of constant reduced nucleation barrier height as a function of temperature and yields simple analytic expressions for the liquid-solid nuclea...

Density functional theory of inhomogeneous liquids. III. Liquid-vapor nucleation.

The process of nucleation of vapor bubbles from a superheated liquid and of liquid droplets from a supersaturated vapor is investigated using the modified-core van der Waals model density functional theory [J. F. Lutsko, J. Chem. Phys. 128, 184711 (2008)]. A novel approach is developed whereby nucleation is viewed as a transition from a metastable state to a stable state via the minimum free en...

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Vapor phase nucleation on neutral and charged nanoparticles: condensation of supersaturated trifluoroethanol on Mg nanoparticles.

A new technique is described to study the condensation of supersaturated vapors on nanoparticles under well-defined conditions of vapor supersaturation, temperature, and carrier gas pressure. The method is applied to the condensation of supersaturated trifluoroethanol (TFE) vapor on Mg nanoparticles. The nanoparticles can be activated to act as condensation nuclei at supersaturations significan...