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Discover our advanced solution for aerosol detection!
Bertin Instruments’ BAB A7 aerosol beacon is a state-of-the-art device in the field of aerosol detection. Thanks to its advanced technology and innovative design, the BAB A7 has become a leading device in the monitoring and measurement of the concentration of artificial Alpha and Beta radioactive aerosols. The aerosol beacon is a device for detecting and monitoring aerosols in the air. ...
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Dr. Doug Worsnop recognized with 2014 Fuchs Award
Awarded the 2014 Fuchs Award - Doug Worsnop, Vice President and Director, Center for Aerosol and Cloud Chemistry – Busan, Korea, September 1, 2014. The Fuchs Memorial Award recognizes outstanding original research contributions to the field of aerosol science and technology. It is considered the highest honor for researchers in the field. Administered by the International Aerosol ...
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MARGA Instrument Enables on-Line Monitoring of Atmospheric Inorganic Gases and Aerosols
The Metrohm Monitor for AeRosol and Gases (MARGA) is a dedicated solution for on-line monitoring of atmospheric inorganic gases and aerosols in ambient air. A MARGA instrument was used lately in a large field campaign in the Southeastern US to measure the inorganic composition of aerosols and the key gases (HNO3, NH3, SO2) in equilibrium with each aerosol, enabling elucidation of aerosol ...
By Metrohm AG
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What Pollutants Are Measured in the Air? Aerosols
Aerosols are tiny particles that are suspended in the air all around us. Although some aerosols are large enough to be visible to the naked human eye, the majority are so small that we do not even notice them. However, they have the ability to reflect, absorb and scatter light from the sun, which allows them to influence the earth’s temperature and energy budget both directly and ...
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Developing Partnerships to Secure the UK Research Capacity in Aerosol Science
Following an open consultation with the membership of the Aerosol Society, a working group of the Aerosol Society Committee has formulated a report regarding the role of the Society’s members in building a UK research and innovation pipeline in aerosol science. This represents the first step towards the co-creation of training and research programmes with academia that are considered ...
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Fine particles trap more heat in atmosphere than previously thought
Fine particles in the air produced by road transport trap more radiation in the earth's atmosphere than previously estimated, and therefore may contribute more to global warming than realised, according to new research. In contrast, the impact of particles from shipping appears to reflect more radiation than previously thought, whilst the effect of particles from aviation is comparatively small. ...
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Practical Aerosol Science - A short course in aerosol theory and measurement
A 3-day course in practical aerosol science is being run between 8th and 10th June, at the University of Manchester. The course aims to deliver an introductory understanding of the challenges faced with aerosol measurements. Sampling ambient particles can be extremely challenging and answering a simple question like 'how big is the particle' depends on what instrument was used to measure it. The ...
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Aerosol can disposal - what is required?
During management system audits or compliance audits the management of aerosol cans is one issue that is seldom management consistently. The disposal of aerosol cans depends on the condition of the can and the hazardous waste generator status of the site. The condition of the can can be: Empty Partially Empty An empty aerosol can is one where the contends of the can have been emptied and ...
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Experts to study aerosols’ impact on Australia’s climate
The impact that human-generated and natural atmospheric particles (aerosols) could be having on Australia’s climate will be discussed next week in Canberra at a workshop involving some of the world’s leading experts in the area. CSIRO Marine and Atmospheric Research scientist, Dr Leon Rotstayn, says the influence aerosols have on climate is still one of the ‘great unknowns’ in climate science. ...
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Aerosols – their part in our rainfall
“We have identified that the extensive pollution haze emanating from Asia may be re-shaping rainfall patterns in northern Australia but we wonder what impact natural and human-generated aerosols are having across the rest of the country,” Dr Rotstayn said. Aerosols are fine particles suspended in the atmosphere. Sources of human-generated aerosols include industry, motor vehicles and vegetation ...
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Dirty air brings rain -- then again, maybe not
An international team of scientists, headed by Prof. Daniel Rosenfeld of the Institute of Earth Sciences at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, has come up with a surprising finding to the disputed issue of whether air pollution increases or decreases rainfall. The conclusion: both can be true, depending on local environmental conditions. The determination of this issue is one with significant ...
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Cleaner air, longer lives
Original story at MIT News The air we breathe contains particulate matter from a range of natural and human-related sources. Particulate matter is responsible for thousands of premature deaths in the United States each year, but legislation from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is credited with significantly decreasing this number, as well as the amount of particulate matter in the ...
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Aerosolv Nation Launched To Promote Safe Aerosol Can Recycling
Company Recruits 'Ambassadors' to Create Aerosol Can Recycling Awareness on College Campuses Worldwide DENVER - A new program has begun recruiting a 'nation' of collaborators to make aerosol can recycling as commonplace as the recycling of aluminum cans, bottles and newspapers. The new initiative, called Aerosolv Nation, aims to address the estimated 3.5 billion aerosol cans sold each year in ...
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Controlling a Nanoparticle’s Position with Light
An optomechanical trap capable of controlling and measuring nanoparticles as small as 150 nm has been developed by researchers at the University of Vienna and Delft University of Technology. Using a photonic crystal cavity made of silicon nitride on a silicon substrate, a silica particle can be trapped a few hundred nanometres above the crystal surface, within the interference between the 1064 ...
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Far Ultraviolet light and organic aerosols in titan and early earth atmospheres
The atmosphere of Saturn’s moon Titan appears as a thick orange haze, as a result of large hydrocarbons and organic aerosols. In the upper atmosphere, bombardment by extreme ultraviolet (EUV) radiation (wavelength 10-124 nm) and energetic particles produces large hydrocarbons via ion reactions. In the middle atmosphere (150-700 km altitude) these gaseous hydrocarbons are converted into ...
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Air pollution particles found in mothers’ placentas
Evidence that carbonaceous particles may be translocated into the placenta during pregnancy has been reported by researchers from Queen Mary University of London at the European Respiratory Society congress. The study, undertaken with permission of five women who gave birth to healthy babies, isolated and screened 3500 placental macrophages and observed 60 cells which contained 72 particles. ...
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Handix Scientific Inc. Completes Acquisition of Aerosol Devices Inc.
Handix Scientific Inc. announced that on June 30, 2022 the company acquired Aerosol Devices Inc (“ADev”). Both companies were founded in the State of Colorado and are headquartered in Fort Collins. Founded in 2014, ADev owns an exclusive license to the airborne particle collectors based on the water-based condensational growth tube (“CGT”) technology invented by Aerosol ...
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More warming will bring a more polluted future
The future is slightly obscured. The outlook is less than clear. For once, such phrases are not metaphorical. A world of global warming could mean a growing haze of solid and liquid aerosols – tiny specks of salt, fine dust, sulphates, black carbon and other particles in the atmosphere, according to new research. Robert Allen, an earth scientist at the University of California, Riverside ...
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Aerosols increasing over India
Aerosols — particles or droplets suspended in the air that impact climate by scattering or absorbing the sun’s radiation — are increasing across India, new research shows. The findings by S. Ramachandran and colleagues from the space and atmospheric sciences division of the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, were published online last month (20 November) in ...
By SciDev.Net
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Aerosolv
Having problems getting rid of spent aerosol cans? Did you know that even if you think the can is empty, it is still considered hazardous waste? For safe and quick disposal of aerosol cans, the Aerosolv is the only solution. The Aerosolv punctures the aerosol can and evacuates the contents into a 55-gallon drum. The liquid is collected in the drum ready for disposal, while a two-step filter ...
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