Doctoral Dissertations
Abstract
"The growth rates of water drops in a Wilson expansion cloud chamber are measured with air, argon and helium as the carrier gas, in the size range of .5 to 10 microns. The drops growing in the supersaturated chamber exhibit oscillations in the scattered intensity as predicted by Mie theory. Scattered intensity is measured at 30 degrees to the He-Ne laser beam. Supersaturation ratios during growth range from S =1.2 to S = 3.5 for all three gases. The initial temperature is measured and the pressure is monitored continuously so that droplet growth theory can be compared with experiment. Three droplet growth theories were examined, which were chosen as representative of published work. Two of the theories used the sticking coefficient alone as a parameter, while the third used both sticking and thermal accommodation coefficients. No interpretation of the numerical value of the sticking coefficient could be made. In the theory invoking sticking and thermal accommodation coefficients, the former was set to 0.035 in line with other work and the thermal accommodation coefficient fitted as a parameter. The thermal accommodation coefficient was greatest for air and smallest for helium"--Abstract, page ii.
Advisor(s)
Kassner, James L.
Committee Member(s)
Lund, Louis H., 1919-1998
Schuster, Burton
Anderson, Richard A.
Plummer, O. R.
Department(s)
Physics
Degree Name
Ph. D. in Physics
Sponsor(s)
University of Missouri--Rolla. Graduate Center for Cloud Physics Research
Publisher
University of Missouri--Rolla
Publication Date
1972
Pagination
vii, 108 pages
Note about bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 48-49).
Rights
© 1972 Michael Anthony Vietti, All rights reserved.
Document Type
Dissertation - Open Access
File Type
text
Language
English
Subject Headings
Cloud chamberAtmospheric nucleationAccommodation coefficient
Thesis Number
T 2748
Print OCLC #
6034038
Electronic OCLC #
884348248
Recommended Citation
Vietti, Michael Anthony, "Time resolved measurements of droplet growth in a Wilson cloud chamber" (1972). Doctoral Dissertations. 2082.
https://scholarsmine.mst.edu/doctoral_dissertations/2082