Comment on "Comparison between solutions of the general dynamic equation and the kinetic equation for nucleation and droplet growth" [J. Chem. Phys. 130, 014102 (2009)].
Numerical results obtained by Holten and van Dongen for the transient nucleation problem at large sizes are compared to the matched asymptotic (singular perturbation) solution of the discrete Becker-Doring equation. For not too small times, the agreement is excellent. Comparison also clarifies the structure of the nucleation source in the growth equation and explains some of the observed scaling dependences.
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