Direct Measurements of Aerosol Diffusion Constants in the Intermediate Knudsen Regime
- 11 April 1983
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 50 (15) , 1125-1128
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.50.1125
Abstract
The authors have measured the diffusion constants of aerosols whose size compares to the mean free path of the gas in three different aerosols. The experimental diffusion constants do not agree with the kinetic-theory calculations in this intermediate Knudsen regime.Keywords
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