Aerosol Technology: Properties, Behavior, and Measurement of Airborne ParticlesThis timely text / reference provides a complete introduction to the properties, behavior, and measurement of suspended particles (dust, smoke, clouds) and the physical and chemical principles underlying their behavior. Emphasizing physical rather than mathematical analysis, this volume details such applications as filtration, respiratory deposition, sampling, and the production of test aerosols. The book features a complete exposition of the basic principles of aerosol science, including particle motion, forces on particles, the interactions of particles with the suspending gas, other particles, and electromagnetic radiation, and the application of these principles to aerosol measurement. Among the other important areas analyzed are : Particle size statistics; Droplet evaporation; Impaction; Electrical properties; Coagulation; Optical properties; Dust explosions |
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Introduction | 1 |
Particle Size Statistics | 4 |
Properties of Gases | 13 |
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aerodynamic diameter aerosol particles airway alveolar region atmosphere Brownian motion calculated cloud cm/s cm³/s coagulation coagulation coefficient collection efficiency collisions condensation constant corona discharge defined density deposition diameter of average distance distribution duct dust effect electric electron electrostatic electrostatic precipitators elutriator equation fiber Figure flow rate force fraction g/cm³ geometric standard deviation gradient greater impaction impactor inhaled inlet instrument ions L/min large particles liquid lognormal lognormal distribution mass concentration mean free path measure mechanisms median diameter membrane filters microscope molecular monodisperse monodisperse aerosols nuclei number concentration number of particles optical partial pressure Particle diameter particle motion particle sizes particles larger polydisperse probe range Rayleigh scattering refractive refractive index respirable respiratory Reynolds number saturation ratio Section settling velocity shown in Fig single-fiber efficiency sphere standard conditions Stokes Stokes's law streamlines supersaturation surface temperature tube unit vapor versus viscosity volume