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Theoretical analysis of crystallization by homogeneous nucleation of water droplets
| Title: | Theoretical analysis of crystallization by homogeneous nucleation of water droplets |
| Authors: | Tanaka, Kyoko K. Browse this author →KAKEN DB | | Kimura, Yuki Browse this author →KAKEN DB |
| Issue Date: | 7-Feb-2019 |
| Publisher: | Royal Society of Chemistry |
| Journal Title: | Physical chemistry chemical physics |
| Volume: | 21 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| Start Page: | 2410 |
| End Page: | 2418 |
| Publisher DOI: | 10.1039/c8cp06650g |
| Abstract: | We propose a novel method for analyzing the crystallization process from supercooled water droplets. The method, which is based on nucleation theory, simultaneously evolves homogeneous ice nucleation and crystal growth in the cooling process and obtains the crystallization temperature and the number of crystal nuclei in the droplets. The model can reproduce not only the crystallization of water but also the vitrification process. The model well replicated the results of previous laboratory experiments, especially, the different responses of the crystallization temperatures of the micrometer- and nanometer-sized particles as a function of cooling rates. For particle sizes ranging from 1 to 1000 m and cooling rates below 10(4) K s(-1), the crystallization temperature was 230-240 K. At cooling rates above 10(4) K s(-1), the crystallization temperature decreased rapidly. On the other hand, the crystallization temperature of 10 nm particles was 200-230 K at cooling rates below 10(4) K s(-1). When describing the interfacial tension by sigma = 29.1 + 0.1(T - 273.15) erg cm(-2) (where T is the water droplet temperature in K), the analyses explained well the previously reported crystallization temperatures of droplets sized from a few nm to 100 m under various cooling conditions. Our model also predicts the critical cooling rate for vitrification of the liquid water droplets. The critical cooling rate of vitrification is predicted to be 10(7)-10(8) K s(-1), consistent with the experimental rates. These analyses are useful not only for comprehensively understanding the ice nucleation process but also for predicting the crystallization processes in various environments such as cirrus clouds, which are difficult to reproduce in experiments. |
| Type: | article (author version) |
| URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2115/76742 |
| Appears in Collections: | 低温科学研究所 (Institute of Low Temperature Science) > 雑誌発表論文等 (Peer-reviewed Journal Articles, etc)
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Submitter: 木村 勇気
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