Classical nucleation theory

VI Kalikmanov - Nucleation theory, 2012 - Springer
Nucleation refers to the situation when a system (parent phase) is put into a nonequilibrium
metastable state. Experimentally it can be achieved by a number of ways (for definiteness …

Mean-field kinetic nucleation theory

VI Kalikmanov - The Journal of chemical physics, 2006 - pubs.aip.org
A new semiphenomenological model of homogeneous vapor-liquid nucleation is proposed
in which the cluster kinetics follows the “kinetic approach to nucleation” and the …

Homogeneous nucleation of water between 200 and 240 K: New wave tube data and estimation of the Tolman length

V Holten, DG Labetski… - The Journal of chemical …, 2005 - pubs.aip.org
We have measured homogeneous nucleation rates of water at 200–240 K in the carrier gas
helium, in the range of 10 13− 10 17 m− 3 s− 1 using an expansion wave tube. The rates …

Extended study of molecular dynamics simulation of homogeneous vapor-liquid nucleation of water

H Matsubara, T Koishi, T Ebisuzaki… - The Journal of chemical …, 2007 - pubs.aip.org
Using the simple point charge/extended water model, we performed molecular dynamics
simulations of homogeneous vapor-liquid nucleation at various values of temperature T and …

On the effect of pressure and carrier gas on homogeneous water nucleation

M Fransen, J Hrubý, DMJ Smeulders… - The Journal of …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Homogeneous nucleation rates of water droplets were measured at a nucleation
temperature close to 240 K in a Pulse-Expansion Wave Tube (PEWT). Several measures …

New developments in nucleation theory and their impact on natural gas separation

V Kalikmanov, M Betting, J Bruining… - SPE Annual Technical …, 2007 - onepetro.org
Conventional separators in the oil industry use a feed of oil and gas in two-phase multi-
component equilibrium. Recently a new concept of separators has been introduced which …

Homogeneous nucleation of water in argon. Nucleation rate computation from molecular simulations of TIP4P and TIP4P/2005 water model

LR Dumitrescu, DMJ Smeulders, JAM Dam… - The Journal of …, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations were conducted to study nucleation of water at 350 K
in argon using TIP4P and TIP4P/2005 water models. We found that the stability of any …

Ordering in clusters of uniaxial anisotropic particles during homogeneous nucleation and growth

T Nozawa, PE Brumby, S Ayuba… - The Journal of Chemical …, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
The nucleation process of anisotropic particles often differs from that of their spherically
symmetric counterparts. Despite a large body of work on the structure of droplets of …

Nucleation rates of droplets in supersaturated steam and water vapour–carrier gas mixtures between 200 and 450 K

J Hrubý, M Duška, T Němec… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - journals.sagepub.com
We compare experimental nucleation rates for water vapour in various carrier gases,
estimated nucleation rates for steam, and nucleation rates obtained from molecular …

Water nucleation: Wave tube experiments and theoretical considerations

V Holten - 2009 - research.tue.nl
This work is an experimental and theoretical study of the condensation of water.
Condensation consists of nucleation–the formation of droplets–and the subsequent growth …