Diesel exhaust nanoparticles and their behaviour in the atmosphere.

ABSTRACT: Diesel engine emissions are by far the largest source of nanoparticles in many urban atmospheres, in which they dominate the particle number count, and may present a significant threat to public health. This paper reviews knowledge of the composition and atmospheric properties of diesel exhaust particles, and exemplifies research in this field through a description of the FASTER project (Fundamental Studies of the Sources, Properties and Environmental Behaviour of Exhaust Nanoparticles from Road Vehicles) which studied the size distribution-and, in unprecedented detail, the chemical composition-of nanoparticles sampled from diesel engine exhaust. This information has been systematized and used to inform the development of computational modules that simulate the behaviour of the largely sem

SUBMITTER: Harrison RM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6304020 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature