Not exact matches
While it seemed obvious that it would be a form of carbon, studies of the
temperatures of burning cigarettes
show that they were 800 to 920 degree Centigrade (1472 degree Fahrenheit to 1688 degrees F) during inhalation —
high enough to create the nanoparticulate carbon black.
On the basis of his lab measurements, he says, systems incorporating the particles could
show «efficiency improvements of 20 to 30 percent,»
enough to match a
high -
temperature system.
«What our study
shows is that observed water vapor concentrations are
high enough and
temperatures are low
enough over the U.S. in summertime to initiate the chemistry that is known to lead to ozone losses,» said Harvard atmospheric scientist David Wilmouth, one of the paper's co-authors, in an email.