- Author
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Mulholland, G. W.
- Title
- Dynamics of Small Particles. Graduate Lecture Series for Science University of Tokyo.
- Coporate
- National Institute of Standards and Technology, Gaithersburg, MD
- Keywords
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particles
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kinetics
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aerosols
- Identifiers
- Brownian motion of small particles; particle growth and particle deposition
- Abstract
- To chemists the erratic movements of small particles suspended in liquids and gases, known as Brownian movement, is of special significance. Historically, the theoretical understanding of Brownian motion by Einstein (1905) led to Perrin's (1907-1909) experimental confirmation of the kinetic theory discription of matter and the first direct evidence for the existence of molecules. This erratic motion of small particles was shown to provide a link with the motion of molecules.