Airborne particle generation through acoustic ejection of particles-in-droplets

Aerosol Science and Technology

Volumn 42, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 832-841

  Lee, Chuang Yuan ^a   Pang, Wei ^b,e   Hill, Steven C ^c   Yu, Hongyu ^d   Kim, Eun Sok ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b BROADCOM CORPORATION   (United States)

^c U S ARMY RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; AIR EJECTORS; ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); DROP FORMATION; DROPS; FLUID MECHANICS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUNDS;

AEROSOL GENERATION; AIRBORNE PARTICLES; POLYSTYRENE LATEX; PRIMARY PARTICLES; STATISTICAL DISTRIBUTIONS;

AGGLOMERATION;

POLYSTYRENE; VOLATILE ORGANIC COMPOUND;

ACOUSTICS; AEROSOL; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; POISSON DISTRIBUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 51949090697     PISSN: 02786826     EISSN: 15217388     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02786820802345709     Document Type: Article

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