テストダスト粒子に含まれる水溶性物質の体積割合

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Volume fraction (ε) of water-soluble material in atmospheric aerosol particles is an important parameter related to hygroscopicity and activation processes to cloud particles. In order to estimate ε of individual coarse dust particles, a confocal scanning laser microscope was applied to direct measurement of volume difference of individual particles before and after water-dialysis using Nuclepore filters (nominal pore size: 0.05 µm) as a collection substrate of an aerosol impaction sampler. Individual particles of Arizona Test Dust (ATD) and reference Asian dusts (CJ-1 and CJ-2) were analyzed for , and their results were combined into 3 size ranges (2-3.4, 3.5-8.4, and 8.5-30 µm) and 2 size ranges (2-3.4 and 3.5-10 µm), respectively. These test dust particles showed various ε ranging from 18% (ATD) to 41% (CJ-1) on the average. More than 50% of the analyzed test dusts particles contained soluble fraction (ε>10%), except the ATD particles of size range 2-3.4 µm which are dominated by particles with insoluble components.