Aerosols: science and technology

This self-contained handbook and ready reference examines aerosol science and technology in depth, providing a detailed insight into this progressive field. As such, it covers fundamental concepts, experimental methods, and a wide variety of applications, ranging from aerosol filtration to biological aerosols, and from the synthesis of carbon nanotubes to aerosol reactors. Written by a host of internationally renowned experts in the field, this is an essential resource for chemists and engineers in the chemical and materials disciplines across multiple industries, as well as ideal supplementary.

Front Matter -- Introduction to Aerosols / Alexey A Lushnikov -- Aerosol Formation. High-Temperature Aerosol Systems / Arkadi Maisels -- Aerosol Synthesis of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes / Albert G Nasibulin, Sergey D Shandakov -- Condensation, Evaporation, Nucleation / Alexey A Lushnikov -- Combustion-Derived Carbonaceous Aerosols (Soot) in the Atmosphere: Water Interaction and Climate Effects / Olga B Popovicheva -- Radioactive Aerosols ₆ Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant Case Study / Boris I Ogorodnikov -- Aerosol Measurement and Characterization. Applications of Optical Methods for Micrometer and Submicrometer Particle Measurements / Alad̀r Czitrovszky -- The Inverse Problem and Aerosol Measurements / Valery A Zagaynov -- Aerosol Removal. History of Development and Present State of Polymeric Fine-Fiber Unwoven Petryanov Filter Materials for Aerosol Entrapment / Bogdan F Sadovsky -- Deposition of Aerosol Nanoparticles in Model Fibrous Filters / Vasily A Kirsch, Alexander A Kirsch -- Filtration of Liquid and Solid Aerosols on Liquid-Coated Filters / Igor E Agranovski -- Atmospheric and Biological Aerosols. Atmospheric Aerosols / Lev S Ivlev -- Biological Aerosols / Sergey A Grinshp…