NUMERICAL-SIMULATION OF THE KINETIC CRITICAL NUCLEUS

Authors
SANADA M NISHIOKA K OKADA M MAKSIMOV IL
Citation
M. Sanada et al., NUMERICAL-SIMULATION OF THE KINETIC CRITICAL NUCLEUS, Science Reports of the Research Institutes, Tohoku University, Series A: Physics, Chemistry, and Metallurgy, 43(1), 1997, pp. 5-7
Citations number
4
Categorie Soggetti
Material Science","Metallurgy & Metallurigical Engineering
Journal title
Science Reports of the Research Institutes, Tohoku University, Series A: Physics, Chemistry, and Metallurgy → ACNP
ISSN journal
00408808
Volume
43
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
5 - 7
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-8808(1997)43:1<5:NOTKCN>2.0.ZU;2-A
Abstract
Our main interest is to see whether the number density indicates a pea k at the kinetically stable critical nucleus due to its kinetical stab ility. We have numerically calculated the time evolution of the number densities of clusters in the case of water vapor nucleation. We emplo y the condition in which the difference between the size of the thermo dynamic crtitical nucleus and that of the kinetic one is appreciable. The results show that the peak does not appear in the number densities of clusters. The reason is thought to be that the kinetical stability is not strong enough in our condition.