Heterogeneous condensation on the centers with continuous activity in dynamic conditions

Abstract

A system with a metastable phase and a pseudo continuous set of the heterogeneous centers is considered. An analytical theory for kinetics of the process of condensation in such a system is constructed. The free energy of formation of the critical embryo is assumed to be known in the capillary (macroscopic) approach as well as the solvatation energy of the embryo. The theory is based on the quasistationary approximation for the nucleation rate which has been justified analytically. An effective iteration procedure is presented. The iterations are calculated analytically. The approximate universal form of the spectrum is established.