aerosol

Also known as aerosols

thumb|upright=1.4|Mist and [[fog are aerosols|alt=photograph of heavy mist]]

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An aerosol is a suspension of tiny particles or liquid droplets floating in air, like the mist and fog you see in the atmosphere. Understanding aerosols matters because they affect air quality, climate, and how substances spread through the air we breathe.

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Research

78,868 papers

Aerosol delivery to ventilated infant and pediatric patients.ReviewRespiratory care · 2004Fink JB
Aerosol generation and characterization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes exposed to cells cultured at the air-liquid interface.ReviewParticle and fibre toxicology · 2016Polk WW, Sharma M, Sayes CM et al.DOI: 10.1186/s12989-016-0131-y
RESPIRATORY IMPACT OF ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES AND "LOW-RISK" TOBACCO.ReviewRevista de investigacion clinica; organo del Hospital de Enfermedades de la Nutricion · 2019Thirión-Romero I, Pérez-Padilla R, Zabert G et al.DOI: 10.24875/RIC.18002616
Devices for aerosol delivery to treat sinusitis.ReviewJournal of aerosol medicine : the official journal of the International Society for Aerosols in Medicine · 2007Laube BLDOI: 10.1089/jam.2007.0569
Is Office Laryngoscopy an Aerosol-Generating Procedure?The Laryngoscope · 2020Rameau A, Lee M, Enver N et al.DOI: 10.1002/lary.28973
The function and performance of aqueous aerosol devices for inhalation therapy.ReviewThe Journal of pharmacy and pharmacology · 2016Carvalho TC, McConville JTDOI: 10.1111/jphp.12541
Aerosol Generation During Laryngology Procedures in the Operating Room.The Laryngoscope · 2021Zheng M, Lui C, O'Dell K et al.DOI: 10.1002/lary.29729
Quantification of aerosol generation during cataract surgery.Journal of cataract and refractive surgery · 2021Noureddin GS, Iovieno A, Eslami M et al.DOI: 10.1097/j.jcrs.0000000000000530

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Commons category: Aerosols
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22 sections

Contents

Definitions
Generation and applications
In the atmosphere
Effects
Size distribution
Physics
Terminal velocity of a particle in a fluid
Aerodynamic diameter
Dynamics
Coagulation
Dynamics regimes
Partitioning
Activation
Solution to the general dynamic equation
Detection
''In situ'' observations
Remote sensing approach
Size selective sampling
See also
References
Sources
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thumb|upright=1.4|Mist and [[fog are aerosols|alt=photograph of heavy mist]]

An aerosol is a suspension of fine solid particles or liquid droplets in air or another gas. Aerosols can be generated from natural or human causes. The scientific term aerosol refers to the mixture of particulates in gas, and not to the particulate matter alone. The liquid or solid particles in an aerosol have diameters typically less than 1 μm. Larger particles with a significant settling speed make the mixture a suspension, although the distinction is not clear.