Neutron Activation Technique Used For Measurement Of Aerosol Deposition On Fiber-type Scavengers

Author

Josef Podzimek, Missouri University of Science and Technology
Vladimir Wojnar
Milan Straka

Abstract

A feasibility study of the neutron activation technique to measure the amount of deposited titanium oxide aerosol (with median diameters of about 0.7 μm) on fibers is presented. A laboratory setup consisting of an aerosol generator and a wind tunnel—in which the grid-type fiber "scavengers" were exposed to an aerosol flow of 1.0 m/s—allowed a determination of the time dependence of the fiber collection efficiency. The data, normalized for aerosol concentration and size distribution, reveal that the collection efficiency of polyester fiber "scavengers" of the fiber mean diameter of 250 μm reached a maximum (between 3% and 4%) after 5 min of exposure and subsequently dropped to 0.5% after 15 min. © 1990 Elsevier Science Publishing Co., Inc.

Recommended Citation

J. Podzimek et al., "Neutron Activation Technique Used For Measurement Of Aerosol Deposition On Fiber-type Scavengers," Aerosol Science and Technology, vol. 13, no. 2, pp. 173 - 182, Taylor and Francis Group; Taylor and Francis, Jan 1990.

The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1080/02786829008959435

Department(s)

Physics

Comments

University of Missouri, Grant DAAK-11-81-C-0075

International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)

1521-7388; 0278-6826

Document Type

Article - Journal

Document Version

Citation

File Type

text

Language(s)

English

Rights

© 2023 Taylor and Francis Group; Taylor and Francis, All rights reserved.

Publication Date

01 Jan 1990