Homogeneous nucleation of argon has been measured with a cryogenic nucleation pulse chamber. Due to the very fast growth of the argon droplets nucleation and growth could not be decoupled. However, we can present a systematic set of onset data for argon measured in a temperature range from 42 to 58K and for vapor pressures from 0.3 to 10 kPa. Using the most recent expressions for temperature-dependent vapor pressures, surface tensions and densities predictions by the classical Becker-Döring nucleation theory are calculated. A rather high deviation of up to 26 orders of magnitude between theory and experiment is found. As in the case of other systems (e.g., water, alcohols, and alkanes) classical theory shows a stronger temperature dependence than experimentally observed.
Keywords Homogeneous nucleation, onset measurements
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Strey, R., Wölk, J., Iland, K. (2007). Argon Nucleation in a Cryogenic Nucleation Pulse Chamber. In: O'Dowd, C.D., Wagner, P.E. (eds) Nucleation and Atmospheric Aerosols. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6475-3_33
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