There is no single standard technique or methodology to characterize the size, structure, number, and chemical composition of airborne carbon nanotubes.  Existing analytical instruments and analytical techniques for evaluating nanoparticle concentrations cannot simultaneously provide morphology, state of agglomeration, surface area, mass, size distribution and chemical composition data critical...

A wet-oxidation method is presented for determining simultaneously particulate organic carbon (POC), particulate organic nitrogen (PON) and particulate organic phosphorus (POP) collected on filters. Conversion of POC, PON and POP to inorganic products, carbon dioxide, nitrate+nitrite and soluble reactive phosphate respectively, is performed by a persulfate wet-oxidation in slight alkaline condi...

Particulate matter (PM) pollution has raised serious concerns for public health. Although outdoor individual protection could be achieved by facial masks, indoor air usually relies on expensive and energy-intensive air-filtering devices. Here, we introduce a transparent air filter for indoor air protection through windows that uses natural passive ventilation to effectively protect the indoor a...

HEPA filters, once known as absolute filters, were originally developed as the particulate stage of a chemical, biological, radiological (CBR) filtration/adsorber unit for use by the U.S. Armed Services. In the late 1940s the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission adopted them for use for the containment of airborne radioactive particulates in the exhaust ventilation systems of experimental reactors as ...

Fabrication of air filtration materials (AFM) that allow air to easily flow through while retaining particles is a significant and urgent need due to the harmful airborne particulate matter pollution; however, this is still a challenging research area. Herein, we report novel slip-effect functional nanofibrous membranes with decreased air resistance (reduction rate of 40%) due to the slip flow ...

industrial processes release a range of gaseous and particulate pollutants containing heavy metals into the air. lack of enough attention to the design, installation, repair and maintenance of gas and dust filtration systems in industries, is one of reasons of increasing the emissions of these pollutants. hereon, the steel making processes is one of emission sources of heavy metals. according t...

background: the objective of this study was to measure the total suspended particulate (tsp), pm 10 and pm 2.5 air particulates in the selected intercity bus stations located in the central square of hamadan, to review the distribution concentration of the air particulates content and to evaluate its possible health risk to the people who spent little time of their daily time in those places. m...