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On the number of droplets in aerosols

Classical Physics 2008-01-17 v1 Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics

Abstract

The number of droplets which may be formed with a supersaturated vapor in presence of a gas cannot exceed a number proportional to (pv-pvo)4 where pv and pvo denote at the same temperature the pressure of the supersaturated vapor-gas mixture and the pressure of the saturated vapor-gas mixture. The energy necessary to the droplet formation is also bounded by a number proportional to (pv-pvo)2 .

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@article{arxiv.0801.2487,
  title  = {On the number of droplets in aerosols},
  author = {Henri Gouin and Françoise Cubisol},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:0801.2487},
  year   = {2008}
}

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7 pages