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Following growth by condensation, droplets grow further by collision coalescence (colliding mainly due to different fall speeds). Some small... 

Industrial flame reactors are operated at high particle concentrations and high gas temperatures. As a result, particle collision rates are high primary particle size is determined by the relative rales of particle collision and coalescence (Ulrich, 1971). The collision/coalescence mechanism for particle formation is based on a series of steps assumed to proceed as follows ... 

An alternative mechanism for the longtime coarsening regime, which also follows a r dependence, is diffusion and coalescence. Coalescence occurs by the movement of the dispersed phase particles through the matrix by Brownian motion (diffusion), collision, and formation of fewer, larger particles (24,25). Coalescence follows the same law as stated in Equation 12.3. 

Bubble interaction in swarms is a complex process. Bubble clusters commonly form that coalesce more or less simultaneously into very large bubbles. Recent experiments have revealed some of the details behind this behavior. A bubble contacts another only by following its wake to an overtaking collision. Coalescence or breakup occurs only after the collision, when one bubble is pulled into the near wake of the other. Interaction of three or more bubbles in clusters leads to increased coalescence rates. We have also shown analytically that bubbles do not collide like solid particles, but rather are drawn together by the dynamics of the surrounding fluid. Gravity and fluid acceleration drive bubble motion small-scale turbulence tends to prevent rather than enhance coalescence. 

This response time should be compared to the turbulent eddy lifetime to estimate whether the drops will follow the turbulent flow. The timescale for the large turbulent eddies can be estimated from the turbulent kinetic energy k and the rate of dissipation e, Xc = 30-50 ms, for most chemical reactors. The Stokes number is an estimation of the effect of external flow on the particle movement, St = r /tc. If the Stokes number is above 1, the particles will have some random movement that increases the probability for coalescence. If St 1, the drops move with the turbulent eddies, and the rates of collisions and coalescence are very small. Coalescence will mainly be seen in shear layers at a high volume fraction of the dispersed phase. 

What is necessary for a collision to be followed by a coalescence What is the mechanism of coalescing These are questions that have fascinated many scientists and engineers both in the field of the physical chemistry of emulsions and foams and in the engineering field of agitated dispersions. 

Also noteworthy is the appreciable coalescence caused by the shear flows in the single screws, of the rheology section of the TSMEE following the mixing element section. Flow of dispersed immiscible blends involves continuous breakdown and coalescence of the dispersed domains (122). Shear flows, where droplet-to-droplet collisions are frequent—in contrast to extensional flows—favor coalescence over dispersion. The presence of compatibilizers shifts the balance toward reduced coalescence rate. Macosko et al. (123) attribute this to the entropic repulsion of the compatibilizer molecules located at the interface as they balance the van der Waals forces and reduce coalescence, as shown on Fig. 11.36. 

In these considerations, it must be kept in mind that there is a stellar spike around the black hole at the Galactic Center. The steepness of this stellar spike is however not very well know. With large uncertainties, Genzel et al.(2003) estimate the slope of the stellar spike to be 7stars 1.3-1.4. This means that the current stellar spike is probably shallow. We may think that the stellar spike is our best proxy for the dark matter spike. If so, also the dark matter spike would also be shallow, and thus inconsequential for neutralino signals. However, the dark matter and stellar spikes follow very different evolution histories, because contrary to the dark matter, binary collisions of stars and coalescence of two stars into one at collisions effectively relax the stellar system to a shallower spike. 

Particle migration (up to 8nm particles migrated over 25 nm at 773 K) was also observed for Pt on alumina [43]. The two major mechanisms of sintering of supported Pt crystallites appeared to be (i) short-distance, direction-selective migration of particles followed by either collision and coalescence or by direct transfer of atoms between the two approaching particles, or (ii) localized direct ripening between a few immobile, adjacent particles. 

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