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Science 10 June 1977:
Vol. 196. no. 4295, pp. 1203 - 1205
DOI: 10.1126/science.196.4295.1203
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Nucleation on Photoexcited Molecules

JOSEPH L. KATZ 1, F. C. WEN 1, TIMOTHY MCLAUGHLIN 1, ROBERT J. REUSCH 1, and RICHARD PARTCH 2

1 Department of Chemical Engineering, Clarkson College of Technology, Potsdam, New York 13676
2 Department of Chemistry, Clarkson College of Technology

On irradiation with light of suitable wavelength and intensity, certain organic compounds, even at very low concentrations, cause very efficient nucleation of supersaturated vapors. A mechanism is suggested to account for this phenomenon. Nuclei containing only a few photoexcited molecules are responsible for the nucleation.


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