Nucleation rates and the kinetics of particle growth I. The pure birth process
- 21 January 1964
- journal article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series A. Mathematical and Physical Sciences
- Vol. 277 (1369) , 155-166
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspa.1964.0013
Abstract
A model of particle growth kinetics in a condensing system is investigated in which the mechanism is presumed to be an irreversible chemical reaction which proceeds at the particle-atm osphere interface. General growth laws for the assembly of particles are derived from the resulting infinite set of differential equations and tested against growth data on sulphur hydrosols. The relation between the model and the well-known pure birth process of mathematical statistics is emphasized.Keywords
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