
%0 Journal Article
%A Phillips, LF 
%T Effect of Electrostatic Interactions on Effective Cross-Sections for Collision of Small Particles With Neutral Molecules
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 1993/01/01
%V 46
%N 1
%P 13-20
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH9930013
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH9930013 
%X Quasi-classical trajectory calculations have been used to calculate effective collision cross-sections for polar and non-polar molecules with charged and neutral conducting spheres of radius 0.001-0.1 &#956;m over the temperature range 10-400 K. In general the effective cross-section is much larger than the geometrical cross-section, especially for small, highly charged, particles colliding with highly polar molecules at low temperatures. The results may have a bearing on the growth of atmospheric aerosols and of interstellar dust grains. 
