EFFECT OF WEAK BROWNIAN-MOTION ON GRAVITATIONAL COAGULATION

Authors
QIAO RL LI Z WEN CS
Citation
Rl. Qiao et al., EFFECT OF WEAK BROWNIAN-MOTION ON GRAVITATIONAL COAGULATION, Journal of colloid and interface science, 202(1), 1998, pp. 205-207
Citations number
8
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Journal of colloid and interface science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219797
Volume
202
Issue
1
Year of publication
1998
Pages
205 - 207
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9797(1998)202:1<205:EOWBOG>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
The effect of a small amount of Brownian diffusion on gravitational co agulation is numerically calculated by incorporating gravitational and interparticle forces (both attractive and repulsive), as well as hydr odynamic interactions. It is found that weak Brownian diffusion, the e ffect of which is nonlinearly coupled with gravity, can act to decreas e the coagulation rate. (C) 1998 Academic Press.