a mixture of microscopic solid or liquid particles in a gaseous medium Smoke, haze, and fog are aerosol examples
Particulate material, other than water or ice, in the atmosphere ranging in size from approximately 10x-3 to larger than 10x2 ´m in radius Aerosols are important in the atmosphere as nuclei for the condensation of water droplets and ice crystals, as participants in various chemical cycles, and as absorbers and scatterers of solar radiation, thereby influencing the radiation budget of the earth-atmosphere system, which in turn influences the climate on the surface of the Earth
A collection of fine particles of a solid or a liquid suspended in a gas, such as air and smog
Particles of solid or liquid matter that can remain suspended in air for long periods of time because of extremely small size and light weight
A colloidal system in which the dispersed phase is composed of either solid or liquid particles and in which the dispersal medium is some gas, usually air
A gaseous or airborne cloud of particulate matter, either as a solid, liquid, or gas, which forces another substance out of a spray can
Particulate material, other than water or ice, in the atmosphere ranging in size from approximately 10-3 to larger than 102 micrometers in radius Aerosols are important in the atmosphere as nuclei for the condensation of water droplets and ice crystals, as participants in various chemical cycles, and as absorbers and scatterers of solar radiation, thereby influencing the radiation budget of the earth-atmosphere system, which in turn influences the climate on the surface of the Earth
System in which the dispersion medium is a gas and the dispersed phase (composed of solid particles or liquid droplet) does not settle out under the influence of gravity
a dispersion of microscopic solid or liquid particles in a gaseous medium, such as smoke and fog