Nanotechnology Environmental Health and Safety

Index

A

• Acoustic noise, 298

• Advisory board, 190, 193, 231, 232

  • membership, 189, 190

  • responsibilities, 193

  • logistics, 192

• ADME, 18, 19, 159

• Aerosol, 24, 185, 194, 195, 196

  • agglomeration, 25, 29, 30

  • chamber, 33, 36, 212, 214

    • air flow, 214, 215, 217

    • chamber size, 214

    • materials of construction, 213, 214, 223

    • orientation, 217, 218

    • surface area, 3, 4, 7, 25, 26

    • volume, 3, 29, 162–163, 216, 217

  • generation, 4, 8, 194, 196, 220–221

  • particle loss, 213, 215

    • coagulation, 29, 197, 200

    • deposition, 7, 35

    • diffusion, 36, 204, 205, 224

      • filter housing, 224, 227, 228

      • tubing, 198, 224

    • dispersion, 11, 30

    • loss efficiency, 215, 217

  • primary particle, 14, 27

  • reaerosolization, 195, 196

  • stable, 175, 185, 196