- Author
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Mulholland, G. W.
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Baum, H. R.
- Title
- Effect of Initial Size Distribution on Aerosol Coagulation.
- Coporate
- National Bureau of Standards, Gaithersburg, MD
- Journal
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Physical Rview Letters,
Vol. 45,
No. 9,
761-763,
September 1, 1980
- Keywords
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aerosol coagulation
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size distribution
- Abstract
- The effect of particle conagulation on an erosol with a truncated Junge initial size distribution was calculated for arbitrary particle size and time by obtaining an exact analytical solution ot the Smoluchowski equation. The solution exhibts a crossover from the Junge form to an asymptotic exponential form. The persistence of a Jung-type size distribution for atmospheric aerosols and smoke aerosols is shown to be consistent with coagulation theory.