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A gas with particles suspended therein is called an aerosol. Even the cleanest air contains at least several millions of particles per cubic meter, thus we are always surrounded by an aerosol. But still the particles contribute only a few ppb to the mass of the gas. Aerosol particles have sizes between a few nanometers and tens of micrometers. Outside this range the smaller particles coagulate too rapidly and the larger particles sediment too fast. Despite this small mass concentration the aerosol particles have considerable e!ects: The majority of the atmospheric optical e!ects are caused by particles, clouds can only be formed with particles acting as condensation nuclei. Particles are deposited in the lung and can transport toxic chemical compounds or radioactivity into the body. Soil material can be transported over long distances to other regions via the aerosol phase. Aerosol particles are either emitted directly such as soil erosion, sea spray, #y ash, soot from diesel engines or iron oxide fumes from the steel industry, or are produced in the atmosphere by oxidation and reactions of chemical compounds, such as sulfur dioxide and ammonia. The vegetation emits organic vapors,

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Publisher

Elsevier Science; Elsevier ; Elsevier BV; Publons (ISSN 0265-931X)

Published

2000

Language

EN

Field

Environmental Science (Physical Sciences)