THE RATE OF HOMOGENEOUS NUCLEATION OF LIQUID PHASE IN SUPERSATURATED WATER VAPOR

摘要

A kinetic theory is presented of homogeneous condensation of supersaturated water vapor. An expression is obtained for the equilibrium particle size distribution function. It is shown that the "constant" before the exponent is a function of temperature and of supersaturation integral characteristic. A formula is obtained for the number of liquid phase nuclei per unit time in a unit volume of supersaturated water vapor.