Ultrafine particles formed by heating droplets of simulated ash containing metals

Environmental Engineering Science

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1379-1387

  Carbone, Francesco ^a   Barone, Alberto ^a   Pagliara, Rocco ^b   Beretta, Federico ^b   D'Anna, Andrea ^a   D'Alessio, Antonio ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^b CNR   (Italy)

Author keywords

Emissions; Inorganic nanoparticles; Lead; Size distributions

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCES; BIOMASS COMBUSTIONS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL NATURES; COAGULATION RATES; COLLISION RATES; DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYSES; DROPLET INJECTIONS; EARLY GROWTHS; EMISSIONS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTIONS; HIGH TEMPERATURES; IN-SITU; INORGANIC AEROSOLS; INORGANIC NANOPARTICLES; LAMINAR PREMIXED FLAMES; LASER LIGHTS; LIFE-TIMES; MEAN DIAMETERS; METAL VAPORIZATIONS; MICA SUBSTRATES; MONODISPERSE DROPLETS; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSES; NUCLEATION AND GROWTHS; NUMBER CONCENTRATIONS; SCANNING ELECTRONS; ULTRA-FINE PARTICLES; ULTRAFINE FRACTIONS;

AEROSOLS; AIR POLLUTION; ALUMINA; ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; BIOMASS; COAGULATION; COAL COMBUSTION; COMBUSTION; DROP FORMATION; DROPS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS SPECTROSCOPY; EMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; FLAMMABILITY; GROWTH (MATERIALS); IMAGE SEGMENTATION; INCINERATION; LIGHT ABSORPTION; MICA; NANOPARTICLES; RENEWABLE ENERGY RESOURCES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; SIZE DETERMINATION; SIZE DISTRIBUTION; SUBSTRATES;

WASTE INCINERATION;

EID: 58149242772     PISSN: 10928758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ees.2007.0190     Document Type: Conference Paper

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