A SIMPLE MOMENT MODEL TO STUDY THE EFFECT OF DIFFUSION ON THE COAGULATION OF NANOPARTICLES DUE TO BROWNIAN MOTION IN THE FREE MOLECULE REGIME

Abstract

In the study a simple model of coagulation for nanoparticles is developed to study the effect of diffusion on the particle coagulation in the one-dimensional domain using the Taylor-series expansion method of moments. The distributions of number concentration, mass concentration, and particle average volume induced by coagulation and diffusion are obtained.

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Dates

  • Submission Date2012-08-01
  • Revision Date2012-08-28
  • Acceptance Date2012-09-08

DOI Reference

10.2298/TSCI1205331W

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