GROWTH OF UF5 NANOPARTICLES FORMED BY LASER PHOTOLYSIS IN A SUPERSONIC NOZZLE REACTOR

Authors
TAKEUCHI K KUGA Y SATOOKA S OKUYAMA K
Citation
K. Takeuchi et al., GROWTH OF UF5 NANOPARTICLES FORMED BY LASER PHOTOLYSIS IN A SUPERSONIC NOZZLE REACTOR, Journal of aerosol science, 29(8), 1998, pp. 1027-1033
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences","Engineering, Chemical","Metereology & Atmospheric Sciences","Engineering, Mechanical
Journal title
Journal of aerosol science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00218502
Volume
29
Issue
8
Year of publication
1998
Pages
1027 - 1033
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-8502(1998)29:8<1027:GOUNFB>2.0.ZU;2-9
Abstract
Laser photolysis of UF6 gas was performed in a supersonic nozzle react or for molecular laser isotope separation. The nascent product UF5 for med UF5 nanoparticles in the reactor. Comparison of the experimentally observed average particle diameter with that predicted by the Brownia n coagulation model presented by Lee et al. (1990, Aerosol Sci. Techno l. 12, 457-462) suggests that nanoparticle growth proceeded under the condition of a particle sticking probability close to unity and no sig nificant gas mixing in the reactor. (C) 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.