KINETICS OF CONDENSATION FROM THE VAPOR PHASE

Abstract

This program is a theoretical and experimental investigation of the kinetics and mechanisms of condensation and particularly of homogeneous nucleation from the vapor phase. Theoretical results are reported for (a) the rate of formation of solid H2O drops during condensation under constant-volume conditions, (b) the rate of steady state nucleation from a hypothetical complex vapor system using Li-F data as a base point and arbitrary rate constants, (c) the rate of condensation in generalized B2O3 and LiF systems, and (d) the corresponding rates of condensation in certain B-O-H and Li-F systems in a rocket nozzle. The mathematical theory required to permit quantitative comparison between experimental and theoretical rates of condensation is given, but the comparison was not made. In view of the in complete analysis, the raw data from the experimental pressure-time curves obtained during condensation in the cloud chamber used in this work are included in an appendix.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 14, 1963
Accession Number
AD0403456

Entities

People

  • Welby G. Courtney

Organizations

  • Texaco

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Chemical Reactions
  • Cloud Chambers
  • Complex Systems
  • Contracts
  • Equations
  • Gas Laws
  • Gas Turbine Nozzles
  • Government Procurement
  • Heat Capacity
  • Heat Energy
  • Ideal Gas Law
  • Measurement
  • Partial Pressure
  • Rate Of Formation
  • Steady State
  • Vapor Phases
  • Water Vapor

Readers

  • Combustion science or combustion engineering.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation