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On coagulation mechanisms of charged nanoparticles produced by combustion of hydrocarbon and metallized fuels

Journal Article · · Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics
The contributions of van der Waals, Coulomb, and polarization interactions between nanometersized particles to the particle coagulation rate in both free-molecular and continuum regimes are analyzed for particle charges of various magnitudes and signs. Analytical expressions are obtained for the coagulation rate constant between particles whose interaction in the free-molecular regime is described by a singular potential. It is shown that van der Waals and polarization forces significantly increase the coagulation rate between a neutral and a charged particle (by a factor of up to 10) and can even suppress the Coulomb repulsion between like-charged particles of widely different sizes.
OSTI ID:
21246942
Journal Information:
Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics, Journal Name: Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Physics Journal Issue: 2 Vol. 108; ISSN JTPHES; ISSN 1063-7761
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

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