Penetration of nanoparticles through fibrous filters perforated with defined pinholes

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 40, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 762-775

  Mouret, Guillaume ^a,b   Thomas, Dominique ^a   Chazelet, Sandrine ^a   Appert Collin, Jean Christophe ^a   Bemer, Denis ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE LORRAINE   (France)

^b INSTITUT NATIONAL DE RECHERCHE ET DE SÉCURITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Filtration; Model; Nanoparticles; Penetration; Pinhole

Indexed keywords

BANDPASS FILTERS; FILTRATION; MODELS;

AIRFLOW RESISTANCE; FIBRE-GLASS FILTERS; FIBROUS FILTERS; LAMINAR AIRFLOW; PARTICLE DIAMETERS; PENETRATION; PINHOLE; SIZE RANGES;

NANOPARTICLES;

GLASS FIBER; NANOPARTICLE;

AIRFLOW; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FILTER; FILTRATION; LAMINAR FLOW; MODELING; PARTICLE SIZE; PENETRATION TEST;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FILTER; FILTRATION; LAMINAR AIRFLOW; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 68549083400     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2009.04.010     Document Type: Article

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