Generalized Lifshits-Slezov-Wagner distribution

The particle (cluster) size distribution function and the temporal variation of the middle (critical) and maximum particle dimensions have been calculated assuming that two mechanisms of mass transfer-those controlled by (i) the volume diffusion and (ii) the rate of chemical bond formation on the particle surface-are simultaneously operative. A comparison of the theoretical curves to experimental histograms shows that the proposed mechanism of particle growth can be realized in practice in the course of the Ostwald ripening.