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Characterization of Airborne Particles and Droplets:
Author(s) -
Polat Mehmet,
Polat Hurriyet,
Chander Subhash,
Hogg Richard
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
particle and particle systems characterization
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.877
H-Index - 56
eISSN - 1521-4117
pISSN - 0934-0866
DOI - 10.1002/1521-4117(200204)19:1<38::aid-ppsc38>3.0.co;2-s
Subject(s) - characterization (materials science) , surface tension , environmental science , materials science , nanotechnology , physics , quantum mechanics
Water sprays have been commonly used to suppress airborne dust. Water is doped with surface‐active agents to enhance the dust capture efficiency through a reduction of surface tension. Nevertheless, dust collection efficiencies have been less than satisfactory historically.