Combination coefficients of small positive ions with submicrometre aerosol particles
A M Dixon; S G Jennings; A M Dixon; Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Durham, Durham, UK; S G Jennings; Dept. of Phys., Univ. of Durham, Durham, UK
Журнал:
Journal of Physics D: Applied Physics
Дата:
1978-02-01
Аннотация:
The work was concerned with the simultaneous measurement of the combination coefficients b and eta <sub>0</sub>, between small ions and aerosol particles, and between small ions and uncharged aerosol particle respectively, for different particle radii. The ion-ion mutual repulsion coefficient gamma had a mean experimental value of 2.39 (+or-0.14)*10<sup>-6</sup> cm<sup>3</sup> s<sup>-1</sup>. The decay of ions in the presence of aerosol particles in a mylar vessel was recorded and compared with a family of computed theoretical ion-aerosol decay curves to determine b. eta <sub>0</sub> could then be determined from concentration of uncharged nuclei present. Satisfactory agreement was found between the b eta <sub>0</sub> versus radius results and various theoretically computed values. Possible reasons for discrepancies between theory and experiment are indicated.
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