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 Aerosols
Introduction to Aerosols | Drag, Lift Forces | Aerosol Kinetics | Virtual Mass, Basset Forces & BBO Equation | Nonspherical Particles | Brownian Motions | Particle Deposition Mechanisms | Electrodynamics | Aerosol Coagulation |

Particle Deposition Mechanisms: Mass Diffusion

Effect of Mass

 The diffusivity as given by (3) and (4) is independent of particle density, but heavy particles do not respond swiftly to the molecular impacts. A time dependent analysis leads to

(10)

where , (10) reduces to Equation (5).

Aerosol Mean Free Path

The apparent mean free path for aerosol particles . From the definition of stop distance it follows that

(11)

 is of the order of 10-6 cm for d < 5 μ.



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