The kinetics of formation of aerosols in gas flows

It was shown for the example of CsI aerosol that the aggregation of primary aerosol particles could be described in terms of either the discrete or continuum model. This conclusion was drawn on the basis of experiments performed by the method that allowed primary particles to be observed against the background of their aggregates and transfer of primary particles from aerosol volume to a collector to be provided. The size of primary particles on the collector was determined by transmission electron microscopy. It was found that, under the conditions used, the size distribution of primary particles corresponded to the Fokker-Planck equation.