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The rate of quasi-steady growth and evaporation of small drops in a gaseous medium

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The intensity of steady diffusion flux onto a sphere absorbing particles with a known probability is determined at arbitrary Knudsen number. New expression for the concentration jump is given. The accuracy of the well known δ-method developed byN. A. Fuchs is estimated. The formula is derived for the rate of slow condensation growth (or evaporation) of drops of any size in a vapour-gas mixture at low vapour content. The results of different authors are compared.

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Smirnov, V.I. The rate of quasi-steady growth and evaporation of small drops in a gaseous medium. PAGEOPH 86, 184–194 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00875084

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