Deposits target areas

One problem that has arisen with the use of herbicides in agriculture is spray or vapor drift. When fine spray droplets are released, especially if applied aerially, they may be deposited beyond the target area due to air movements to cause damage there. In the first place, this is a question of application technique. Herbicides, like other pesticides, should not be applied as sprays under windy conditions. In most... 

Figure 2. Liquid deposition density of sarin on the target area.

By replicating these tests under a series of differing weather conditions and differing terrain, we are able to observe the effects these and other parameters have on the amount of deposit In the target area, burden in the air and residues on the fallout collectors located at the downwind stations (2). 

The interpretation of the effects of such drift, particularly its potential for adverse effects on human health, is dependent on some of the parameters of environmental behavior shown on Table VIII. The dose is given at 2 lbs/acre and translated into a deposit level of 20 mg/square foot, which is more useful in the interpretation of exposure data. The figures given for the deposit amount from spray drift at 100 yards and 1/2 mile are the figures for drift from a coarse spray on flat land for small target areas and are average drift amounts. The figure of 20 mg/kg is the NOEL for 2,4-D. 

Tn applying pesticide sprays, the first problem is that of distributing a small quantity of active material over a large target area. The uniformity and extent of the distribution required depend on the type of pest to be controlled and the mode of action of the toxicant a patchy distribution may be satisfactory to control mobile insects or to apply systemic pesticides to foliage, whereas for static pests and contact pesticides, a more uniform spray deposit may be required. The degree of distribution attained depends on ... 

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All these systems are capable of generating deposit that can be quantified in terms of droplet number (droplets/cm2), volume (litres/ha) or proportion of the target area covered (%). Droplet size can also be estimated (Figure 6.6). 

The kinetics of reactive sputter deposition, especially for deposition with a metal target and a metal compound film, is described in a model developed by Berg et al. (1989). The model is based on the balance of the compound covered fraction (0t) of the total target area ( tar) during the reactive sputter deposition. 

The particles deposited with this method were characterized with Scanning Electron Microscopy. SEM measurements were performed on a Philips FEG-SEM XL-30 system. The SEM micrographs are presented in Figure 7. These images show a homogeneous distribution of the nanopardcles on the target area. The sizes of the deposited particle are in the range of 40 to 90 nanometers, which is a rather narrow size distribution of particles for the Ag sols. 

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