NEW PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH TO GAS-LIQUID NUCLEATION BASED ON THE SCALING PROPERTIES OF THE CRITICAL NUCLEUS

Authors
TALANQUER V
Citation
V. Talanquer, NEW PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH TO GAS-LIQUID NUCLEATION BASED ON THE SCALING PROPERTIES OF THE CRITICAL NUCLEUS, The Journal of chemical physics, 106(23), 1997, pp. 9957-9960
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
The Journal of chemical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219606
Volume
106
Issue
23
Year of publication
1997
Pages
9957 - 9960
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9606(1997)106:23<9957:NPATGN>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
The scaling properties of the critical nucleus, as proposed recently b y McGraw and Laaksonen, are analyzed in the context of density functio nal results for simple Lennard-Jones systems. A simple phenomenologica l approach with no adjustable parameters is introduced to test the val idity of these scaling relations in describing the nucleation behavior of nonpolar and weakly polar vapors. (C) 1997 American Institute of P hysics.