limited cluster-cluster simulations. With increased cluster crowding (occurring at late times)
as measured by the normalized free volume, Ω, both the kinetics speeds up and the size
distribution broadens. The exponents characterizing each, z and λ, respectively, are found to
be universal functions of Ω. Moreover, the relation z=(1-λ)-1 continues to hold up to Ω= 0 (the
ideal gel point), implying mean-field kinetics still applies despite the crowding.