The coalescence between small water drops

✍ Scribed by J. W. Telford; N. S. Thorndike; E. G. Bowen

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1955
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 654 KB
• Volume: 81
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0035-9009
• DOI: 10.1002/qj.49708134810

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

An experiment is described for measurement of the rate of coalescence in a cloud of droplets of nearly equal size. It is found that the value of the collection efficiency is unexpectedly high, and a physical explanation of the effect is given. The influence of electric charges on the droplets has been observed, and it is shown that increases by a factor of up to 20 in the collection efficiency are possible.