Abstract
In this paper some scanning electron microscope photomicrographs showing examples of a variety of particulate aerosol shapes are presented. Compositions of particles also are presented. These particles represent samples from a number of different sources and locations including: solid propellant rocket motor plumes, active volcano plumes, the lower stratosphere over Sondrestrom, Greenland, and the upper troposphere over northern Texas. The particles were collected from aboard an aircraft with a cascade impactor which classified them according to aerodynamic size into 10 size intervals ranging from submicron to greater than 25 micrometers in diameter. The cascade impactor also served to measure the mass concentration as a function of particle size. The variety of shapes and compositions found among these particles suggest difficulties in obtaining reliable size distribution data from light scattering measurements.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
Chuan, R. L., 1976, in “Fine Particles, Aerosol Generation, Measurement Sampling, and Analysis,” Benjamin Y.H. Liu, Ed., Academic Press, New York.
Chuan, R. L. and Woods, D. C., 1978, in “Proceedings of the 4th Joint Conference on Sensing of Environmental Pollutants,” American Chemical Society.
Junge, C. E., 1963, “Air Chemistry and Radioactivity,” Academic Press, New York, p. 196.
Wornon, D. E., Woods, D. C., Thomas, M. E., and Tyson, R. W., 1977, in “Instrumentation of Sampling Aircraft for Measurement of Launch Vehicle Effluents,” NASA TMX-3500.
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1980 Plenum Press, New York
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Woods, D.C. (1980). Examples of Realistic Aerosol Particles Collected in a Cascade Impactor. In: Schuerman, D.W. (eds) Light Scattering by Irregularly Shaped Particles. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3704-1_11
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-3704-1_11
Publisher Name: Springer, Boston, MA
Print ISBN: 978-1-4684-3706-5
Online ISBN: 978-1-4684-3704-1
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive