Köhler activation radius

ID: kohler-activation-radius

In the dilute radius form , the curvature coefficient A has length units and B has volume units. Setting its derivative to zero gives the displayed maximum. Ambient supersaturation above it permits activation into a growing cloud droplet. Below it, a sufficiently small wet equilibrium can be stable, while the larger-radius intersection is unstable. The approximation should not be extrapolated into the dry core.

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