Aerosol Measurement: Principles, Techniques, and Applications - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0470387416 ISBN 13: 9780470387412

Publisher: Wiley, 2011

Synopsis

Aerosol Measurement: Principles, Techniques, and Applications Third Edition is the most detailed treatment available of the latest aerosol measurement methods. Drawing on the know-how of numerous expert contributors; it provides a solid grasp of measurement fundamentals and practices a wide variety of aerosol applications.

This new edition is updated to address new and developing applications of aerosol measurement, including applications in environmental health, atmospheric science, climate change, air pollution, public health, nanotechnology, particle and powder technology, pharmaceutical research and development, clean room technology (integrated circuit manufacture), and nuclear waste management.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

The most comprehensive text on state-of-the-art aerosol measurement methods

Drawing on the know-how of numerous leading experts, Aerosol Measurement: Principles, Techniques, and Applications, Third Edition provides a solid grasp of aerosol measurement fundamentals and presents a wide variety of measurement techniques and their real-world applications. Aerosol measurement has assumed critical importance in many fields including industrial hygiene, public health and epidemiology, atmospheric science, climate research, material science, powder technology, nanotechnology, filtration, particle toxicology, and medicine. As a result, the need to conduct reliable aerosol measurement has increased dramatically in recent years, making this new edition more valuable than ever.

The revised and expanded third edition includes many new and developing topics such as measurement of macromolecules and sub-3 nanometer particles, new particle formation, advances in aerosol mass spectrometry, electrospray and its applications, electrical-sensing aerosol instruments, satellite-based aerosol measurement, and health effects of nanoparticles.

About the Author:

PRAMOD KULKARNI DSc, is a Physical Scientist, Senior Service Fellow, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Environmental Engineering and Science Program at the University of Cincinnati.

The late PAUL A. BARON PhD, was a Physical Scientist at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.

KLAUS WILLEKE PhD, is Professor Emeritus of Environmental Health at the University of Cincinnati.

About this edition

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0470387416
• ISBN 13: 9780470387412
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 3
• Number of pages: 912
• Editor: Kulkarni Pramod, Baron Paul A., Willeke Klaus