Mass transport of deposited particles by surface-to-surface contact

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 227-228, Issue , 2012, Pages 370-377

  McDonagh, A ^a   Sextro, R G ^b   Byrne, M A ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol transport; Contact transfer; Contaminants; Surface to surface contact; Transfer efficiency (TE)

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL PARTICLES; AEROSOL TRANSPORT; APPLIED PRESSURE; CONTACT TRANSFER; CONTAMINANT LOADINGS; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; MASS TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; PRESSURE REGIME; SOFT AND HARD SURFACES; STEP CHANGES; TRANSFER EFFICIENCY; TRANSITION PRESSURE;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; EFFICIENCY; IMPURITIES; MASS TRANSFER; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS;

PLASTIC;

AEROSOL; ATMOSPHERIC TRANSPORT; BRASS; COTTON; INDOOR AIR; MASS TRANSFER; MASS TRANSPORT; PLASTIC; PRESSURE FIELD; SURFACE AREA; SURFACE ROUGHNESS;

AEROSOL; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; COTTON; MATERIALS TESTING; PRESSURE; SURFACE PROPERTY;

AEROSOLS; AIR MOVEMENTS; AIR POLLUTANTS; AIR POLLUTION, INDOOR; COPPER; COTTON FIBER; FLUORESCEIN; PARTICULATE MATTER; PLASTICS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; ZINC;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84862651406     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2012.05.070     Document Type: Article

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