ISSN:
0934-0866
Keywords:
Chemistry
;
Industrial Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
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Process Engineering, Biotechnology, Nutrition Technology
Notes:
The bipolar diffusion charging process is studied theoretically for aerosol particles in high purity argon and nitrogen. The Fuchs theory is extended by the incorporation of the free electron charging of the aerosol particles. The ion parameters for positive and negative ions are assumed to be identical. The influence of the free electrons explains the differences between the mean mobility and mean mass of negative and positive ions. The ratio of the electron number concentration to the number concentration of negative ions is used to fit the curves, calculated by the extended model, to the experimentally determined bipolar charge distribution in argon and nitrogen. The extended Fuchs model was found to be rather insensitive to variations in the mobility and mass compared with the model with four different ion parameters. Further experimental studies of the bipolar charge distribution in a gas mixture of pure nitrogen and sulfur hexafluoride, SF6, indicate the importance of the free electrons in the bipolar diffusion charging process.
Additional Material:
4 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ppsc.19900070141
