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aerosol

[air-uh-sawl, -sol] / ˈɛər əˌsɔl, -ˌsɒl /




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Both conventional and botanical cleaning products generated complex multiphase exposure scenarios involving reactive gases and secondary organic aerosol.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 26, 2026

"It is a very significant contribution," he says of the aerosol effect, "but it is not as important as the greenhouse gas contribution by quite a long way."

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

On the window ledge sit the manly accoutrements of shaving: a Barbasol aerosol canister and a safety razor.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026

High supersaturation acts as the "fuel" that additional fine or ultrafine aerosol particles could use to form more droplets.

From Science Daily ● Aug. 1, 2026

“We had to protect ourselves when we went inside. We knew that Marburg is transmitted by the aerosol route.”

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

Western scientists say that program soon turned into a cover for Soviet offensive bioweapons, in which plague, carried by aerosols, played a significant part.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026

Together, these materials form tiny airborne particles called iron salt aerosols.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

Burning coal and oil releases sulphur dioxide, which forms tiny particles known as sulphate aerosols.

From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026

Ironically, one reason the region may be warming more quickly is its success in reducing air pollution, thinning the blanket of aerosols that bounce back solar radiation.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 31, 2026

“I think the pattern of spread that we saw, and the fact that it spread to new rooms, suggest that Ebola aerosols were being generated and were present in the building,” he said.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston


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