Fluoroalcohols as nucleating agents in supersaturated vapors: Efficient clustering with water in the vapor phase

Authors

V. Abdalsayed, Virginia Commonwealth University
Y. Ibrahim, Virginia Commonwealth University
M. Rusyniak, Virginia Commonwealth University
M. Rabeony, Virginia Commonwealth University
M. S. El-Shall, Virginia Commonwealth University

Document Type

Article

Original Publication Date

2001

Journal/Book/Conference Title

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volume

115

Issue

7

DOI of Original Publication

10.1063/1.1394937

Comments

Originally published at http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.1394937

Date of Submission

October 2015

Abstract

Fluoroalcohols in small concentrations in the vapor phase display striking enhancing effects on homogeneous nucleation of supersaturated aliphatic alcohols, and on the formation of water clusters by supersonic expansion. The enhanced nucleationeffects are attributed to the surfactant properties of fluoroalcohols, which lower the surface tension of the growing droplets, and therefore lower the barrier to nucleation.

Rights

Abdelsayed, V., Ibrahim, Y., Rusyniak, M., et al. Fluoroalcohols as nucleating agents in supersaturated vapors: Efficient clustering with water in the vapor phase. The Journal of Chemical Physics 115, 2897 (2001). Copyright © 2001 AIP Publishing LLC.

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VCU Chemistry Publications