Studies of Gas-Phase Clusters: Application to Nucleation and Aerosol Formation
Abstract
Currently, there is extensive interest in factors governing the size distribution and morphology of small particles produced in smokes and missile exhausts, the formation and properties of atmospheric clusters which lead to a number of phenomena such as fogs and hazes, and the generation of species that may influence the propagation of electromagnetic radiation. This research program constituted and investigation of the properties and formation of small molecule clusters which serve as prenucleation embryos to aerosol formation. Results are reported on studies of 1) mechanisms of growth and nucleation of clusters, 2) spectroscopic properties of clusters, and 3) energetics of ion-molecule complex formation.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Sep 25, 1985
- Accession Number
- ADA161401
Entities
People
- A. W. Castleman Jr.
Organizations
- Pennsylvania State University