Statistical analysis of atomic collisions during metal vapour nucleation in nobel gas medium

The dynamic evaluation of cluster growth probability in supersaturated non-equilibrium medium by statistical analysis of molecular-dynamics calculations was made. The molecular dynamics simulation of copper vapour condensation in argon medium was performed. The possibility of using kinetic molecular theory relations for non-equilibrium conditions was tested. The results show that the number of collisions and scattering cross section agree well with classical values for Ar-Ar, Ar-Cu and Cu-Cu pairs. It was found that the mean lifetime of small clusters ( n