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Different Average Size Evolution of Gaseous Water Cluster in an Expanding Gas Flow

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Formation of pure gaseous water cluster in the supersonic gas flow from a conical nozzle was investigated by simulation. The simulation results show that average size of water cluster indicates a different size evolution along the gas flow, i.e., the average cluster size firstly increases to a maximum size and then decreases slowly, rather than keeps increasing like other gases. By further calculations of the nucleation rate and the growth rate of water cluster, it is found that the decrease of average size results from a high nucleation rate and a low size growth rate in the downstream of gas flow far away from conical nozzle throat.

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Formation of pure gaseous water cluster in the supersonic gas flow from a conical nozzle was investigated by simulation. The simulation results show that average size of water cluster indicates a different size evolution along the gas flow, i.e., the average cluster size firstly increases to a maximum size and then decreases slowly, rather than keeps increasing like other gases.

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    Mengxiao Wang, Xingjia Li, Yunjiu Cao & Guanglong Chen

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Wang, M., Boldarev, A.S., Li, X. et al. Different Average Size Evolution of Gaseous Water Cluster in an Expanding Gas Flow. J Clust Sci 32, 1223–1228 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10876-020-01887-4

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