Such clouds contain aerosols —
tiny particles suspended in the air that are known to create a general cooling effect that could mitigate global warming.
A colloid refers to
tiny particles suspended in any medium, typically a liquid or gel.
aerosol A group of
tiny particles suspended in air or gas.
A research team led by Pacific Northwest National Laboratory developed an approach that links the scattering coefficient, a measure of how much
tiny particles suspended in the atmosphere scatter sunlight, with other particle properties.
tiny particles suspended in the air that can penetrate deep into the lungs, causing cancer and other respiratory disease.
Not exact matches
Having the electrode in the form of
tiny suspended particles instead of consolidated slabs greatly reduces the path length for charged
particles as they move through the material — a property known as «tortuosity.»
Witten says that by
suspending gold
particles in a drop, researchers may be able to fashion
tiny micron - thick wires as the liquid dries.
A team of engineers has created
tiny acoustic vortices and used them to grip and spin microscopic
particles suspended in water.
The researchers
suspended quantum dots — nanometer - sized
particles of semiconductors — in a liquid and painted the suspension on the inside of a
tiny glass tube.
Why It Matters: Aerosols,
tiny airborne
particles of dust and pollution
suspended in the atmosphere, affect the atmosphere and the surface of Earth by scattering and absorbing light.
It consists of
tiny silver
particles suspended in liquid.
Very special shock absorbers, developed by then - GM subsidiary Delphi and now used by Ferrari among others, use powerful electro - magnets,
tiny metal
particles suspended in oil, and high - speed sensors to read road conditions and change damping every millisecond.
E-Ink's Vizplex products use electrophoretic technology, in which
tiny microcapsules containing even
tinier black and white
particles suspended in fluid are sealed into a film that is in turn laminated to a sheet of electronic circuitry.
Aerosols are
tiny particles that are capable of
suspending in the atmosphere.