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AEROSOLS: types. LIQUIID. SOLID. Dust Smoke Fly ash pollen. Cloud Mist Fog smog. Mount manitoba, June 1991. Asian brown cloud over China. AEROSOLS: sources. DUST. SEA. Dust Smoke Fly ash pollen plant fragments cement brake lining tires soil. chemical concentration
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AEROSOLS: types • LIQUIID • SOLID • Dust • Smoke • Fly ash • pollen • Cloud • Mist • Fog • smog
AEROSOLS: sources DUST SEA • Dust • Smoke • Fly ash • pollen • plant fragments • cement • brake lining • tires • soil chemical concentration factor (surface effects) CCF = [aerosol]/[sea]
AEROSOLS: sizes • > 400 nm scatter light • < 0.01 micron coagulate • > 10 micron settle out • Typical size: 0.1-1 micron
AEROSOLS: how to measure them • Alphabet soup: • COH • TSP • IP • TDF • PM10 • light scattering • collecting on filters
AEROSOLS: how to measure them • Alphabet soup: • COH • TSP • IP • TDF • PM10 Coefficient of Haze Draw 300 meters through a filter measure absorbance x 100 >6 bad for asthma typical samples 5-10 micron
AEROSOLS: how to measure them • Alphabet soup: • COH • TSP • IP • TDF • PM10 Total Suspended Particulate Weighing after filtering Units: μg/m3 “normal” ~ 10 μg/m3 sometimes 500 μg/m3 in cities
AEROSOLS: how to measure them • Alphabet soup: • COH • TSP • IP • TDF • PM10 Inhalable Particulates Generally IP ~ 0.45 TSP
AEROSOLS: how to measure them • Alphabet soup: • COH • TSP • IP • TDF • PM10 Total Dust Fall units: g m-2 month-1 should be < 7 g m-2 month-1 often exceeded in industrial areas
AEROSOLS: how to measure them • Alphabet soup: • COH • TSP • IP • TDF • PM10 Particulate matter < 10 micron PM10 = TSP < 10 μ
Combustion Products. Fly-ash vs. bottom-ash 150 PAHs With 2 – 7 rings
• Nuclei mode • Accumulation mode • Coarse particle mode
Particulate air quality in major world cities. Values are annual PM10 means. Horizontal line is WHO air quality guideline