Sentences with phrase «larger air particles»

«Exposure to larger air particles linked to increased risk of asthma in children.»

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It radiates alpha particles, relatively large on an atomic scale, which means the thin glass of a test tube, the leather of a briefcase, or even air or skin stop them.

Xanthan gum tends to help starches combine to trap air, while guar gum helps keep large particles suspended in the mix.

Similar but larger particles are known to play a role in feeding powerful, fast - moving updrafts of air from the land surface to the atmosphere, creating the clouds that play a central role in the formation of water droplets that fall as rain.

In traditional systems, most of the power goes into pumping air through the water so that bacteria in the water can grow and consume organic material that remains after the largest particles have been removed.

Daniel Rosenfield and his colleagues at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem studied satellite data of air masses over the Indian Ocean, which contain large numbers of air pollution particles blown off the surrounding continents.

Instead, the team proposes, soot and other particles in the ships» exhaust create large numbers of cloud droplets that are, on average, smaller than those forming around natural dust particles in the air elsewhere over the ocean.

As large plumes of ash and rock rise into the air, oppositely charged particles separate into layers.

In general, larger particles can not pack together as well as smaller particles can, which means that packing larger particles together leaves more space for air to fill between the particles.

In fact, when the team compared exposure to all forms of measured air pollution — including larger particles and carbon monoxide — walking proved the best mode of transportation.

He says that the «key point is that the urban pollution cloud comprises predominantly small acidic particles... which penetrate indoors and persist for long periods in air, whereas industrial dust clouds consist mainly of much larger particles».

When inhaled, they journey into the smallest air passages in the lungs, which are off - limits to larger particles.

This is traditionally done with an array of particle detectors deployed on a large grid, which then sample the energetic «air - shower» particles made in atmospheric interactions of the original cosmic particle.

Atmospheric circulation — large - scale flows of air in atmospheres — is very important as it sets how heat and particles / droplets / gas are distributed in a planet.

Thus, wood burning for residential heating, and the resulted particle emission, may have a much larger impact on air quality in Norwegian urban areas than previously thought.

A large portion of secondary organic aerosols - tiny particles in the air we breathe that contribute to cloud formation and precipitation - arise from a combination of man - made pollution and molecules given off by plant matter.

Larger particles can't adjust to the changes in air flow in the filter and run into the fibers (and get stuck).

Guar gum and xantham gum both serve to coagulate, or bind batters and doughs together in gluten - free baking — but xanthan gum primarily help starches combine to trap air, and guar gum helps keep large particles suspended in the mix.

Air pollution caused by fine particles is a problem of great concern in the Monterrey Metropolitan Area (MMA) which is the third largest city and the second most important industrial center in...

When the sun is lower in the sky, its rays have to travel through a larger air mass, which reduces their strength because they are absorbed by particles in the atmosphere.

Large volcanic eruptions eject sulfur dioxide, which rapidly forms tiny particles in the air known as «aerosols» that block sunlight.