Metastable States of Water Aerosols: Comparison by Experiment

Atmosphere

AnatolyV. Shavlov¹  AlexandraA. Yakovenko¹  VarvaraA. Dzhumandzhi¹ 

[1] Institute of the Earth Cryosphere, RAS Siberian Branch, P.O. BOX 1230, 625000 Tyumen, Russia;

关键词: water aerosol;    drops cluster;    coalescence;    Poisson–Boltzmann equation;    free energy;    metastable state;   

DOI  :  10.3390/atmos12040486

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Free energy of water aerosol plasma was calculated using the Debye–Hückel method. It was established that free energies of droplets, ions and simultaneously of all charged particles had local minima (metastable states) at certain concentrations and charges of particles. The calculation results were confirmed by experimental data taken from the literature on a droplet cluster in water vapor and droplet structures in water fog. The possible connection of metastable states with the phenomenon of drop coalescence and rain formation in real clouds, as well as with the generation of stable spatially arranged drop structures, has been indicated.

【 授权许可】

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