page_title: Smoluchowski coagulation equation
hierarchical_section_title: Smoluchowski coagulation equation
context_page_description: In statistical physics, the Smoluchowski coagulation equation is a population balance equation introduced by Marian Smoluchowski in a seminal 1916 publication, describing the time evolution of the number density of particles as they coagulate to size x at time t.
  Simultaneous coagulation is encountered in processes involving polymerization, coalescence of aerosols, emulsication, flocculation.
context_section_description: In statistical physics, the Smoluchowski coagulation equation is a population balance equation introduced by Marian Smoluchowski in a seminal 1916 publication, describing the time evolution of the number density of particles as they coagulate (in this context "clumping together") to size x at time t.
  Simultaneous coagulation (or aggregation) is encountered in processes involving polymerization, coalescence of aerosols, emulsication, flocculation.
caption: This diagram describes the aggregation kinetics of discrete particles according to the Smoluchowski aggregation equation.