Temperature Dependence of Homogeneous Nucleation Rates for Water: Near Equivalence of the Empirical Fit of Wölk and Strey, and the Scaled Nucleation Model

Author

Barbara N. Hale, Missouri University of Science and TechnologyFollow

Abstract

It is pointed out that the temperature fitting function of Wölk and Strey [J. Phys. Chem. 105, 11683 (2001)], recently shown to convert the Becker-Döring [Ann. Phys. (Leipzig) 24, 719 (1935)] nucleation rate into an expression in agreement with much of the experimental water nucleation rate data, also converts the Becker-Döring rate into a form nearly equivalent with the scaled nucleation rate model, J_scaled=J_oc exp[-16πΩ³(T_c/T-1)³/3(ln S)²]. In the latter expression J_oc is the inverse thermal wavelength cubed/sec, evaluated at T_c.

Recommended Citation

B. N. Hale, "Temperature Dependence of Homogeneous Nucleation Rates for Water: Near Equivalence of the Empirical Fit of Wölk and Strey, and the Scaled Nucleation Model," Journal of Chemical Physics, vol. 122, no. 20, American Institute of Physics (AIP), May 2005.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1906213

Department(s)

Physics

Keywords and Phrases

Clusters; Dashed lines; Empirical fitting functions; Scaled nucleation; Concentration (process); Data acquisition; Free energy; Functions; Kinetic energy; Nucleation; Water

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

0021-9606

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Final Version

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2005 American Institute of Physics (AIP), All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 May 2005