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Statistical analysis of dimer formation in supersaturated metal vapor based on molecular dynamics simulation

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  • Korenchenko, Anna E.
  • Vorontsov, Alexander G.
  • Gelchinski, Boris R.
  • Sannikov, Grigorii P.

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We discuss the problem of dimer formation during the homogeneous nucleation of atomic metal vapor in an inert gas environment. We simulated nucleation with molecular dynamics and carried out the statistical analysis of double- and triple-atomic collisions as the two ways of long-lived diatomic complex formation. Close pair of atoms with lifetime greater than the mean time interval between atom–atom collisions is called a long-lived diatomic complex. We found that double- and triple-atomic collisions gave approximately the same probabilities of long-lived diatomic complex formation, but internal energy of the resulted state was essentially lower in the second case. Some diatomic complexes formed in three-particle collisions are stable enough to be a critical nucleus.

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  • Korenchenko, Anna E. & Vorontsov, Alexander G. & Gelchinski, Boris R. & Sannikov, Grigorii P., 2018. "Statistical analysis of dimer formation in supersaturated metal vapor based on molecular dynamics simulation," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 496(C), pages 147-155.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:phsmap:v:496:y:2018:i:c:p:147-155
    DOI: 10.1016/j.physa.2017.12.083
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    1. Kuchma, Anatoly & Markov, Maxim & Shchekin, Alexander, 2014. "Nucleation stage in supersaturated vapor with inhomogeneities due to nonstationary diffusion onto growing droplets," Physica A: Statistical Mechanics and its Applications, Elsevier, vol. 402(C), pages 255-265.
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