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The evolution of a particular compound is determined by the rate of droplet vaporization, the relative volatility and diffusi-vity in the liquid phase of the compound in question. Because of the complex composition of fuel oils, it is difficult to separate the relative importance of these effects since the measured nitrogen evolution is a summation of many fractions, each of which is influenced to a different extent. In order to reveal the role of diffusion and relative volatility in the evolution of fuel nitrogen, a complementary set of experiments were performed using n-dodecane doped with pyridine, quinoline or acridine. 

Milk fat is present in spherical droplets, which range from about 0.2 to 15.0 pm in diameter, with the bulk of the fat being in globules 1.0 to 8.0 pm diameter. The MFGM, which envelopes the fat globule, consists largely of proteins and lipids. The protein of the membrane has a complex composition and over 40 polypeptides have been identified. Xanthine oxidoreductase,... 

According to the complex composition of fibers and yarns, four factors influence the wetting behavior of a droplet on a textile surface. 

An aerosol is a colloidal dispersion of liquid droplets in a vapor. Aerosols can be used to make oxide powders in a variety of ways. For example, an aqueous sol can be sprayed into alcohol, where the aerosol droplets gel to produce spheres [110]. Subsequent firing produces perfect dense oxide spheres whose size depends on the concentration of the initial sol. Schwartz et al. [4] prepared powders of lead lanthanum zirconate titanate by spraying a salt solution into ammonium hydroxide and then spray-dried the resulting powder to produce uniform spheres 0.5-2/rm in diameter. In such complex compositions, aerosols are advantageous, because each droplet is a small reaction vessel, and heterogeneity cannot occur on a scale larger than the size of the droplet. 

Because of the mixture of VOCs in the atmosphere, the composition of smog reaction products and intermediates is extremely complex. formed via reaction 16, is important because when dissolved in cloud droplets it is an important oxidant, responsible for oxidising SO2 to sulfuric acid [7664-93-9] H2SO4, the primary cause of acid precipitation. The oxidation of many VOCs produces acetyl radicals, CH CO, which can react with O2 to produce peroxyacetyl radicals, CH2(C0)02, which react with NO2... 

Airborne particulate matter, which includes dust, dirt, soot, smoke, and liquid droplets emitted into the air, is small enough to be suspended in the atmosphere. Airborne particulate matter may be a complex mixture of organic and inorganic substances. They can be characterized by their physical attributes, which influence their transport and deposition, and their chemical composition, which influences their effect on health. The physical attributes of airborne particulates include mass concentration and size distribution. Ambient levels of mass concentration are measured in micrograms per cubic meter (mg/m ) size attributes are usually measured in aerodynamic diameter. Particulate matter (PM) exceeding 2.5 microns (/i) in aerodynamic diameter is generally defined as coarse particles, while particles smaller than 2.5 mm (PMj,) are called fine particles. 

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