particulate

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Technologies such as catalytic converters and particulate filters can help reduce these emissions, but they also increase the cost and complexity of engines.

From Science Daily • Mar. 13, 2026

Coal is relatively inexpensive to produce but is the dirtiest fossil fuel, releasing considerable particulate air pollution, sulfur dioxide and mercury, and nearly twice the planet-warming carbon dioxide as natural gas.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 11, 2026

Health effects linked to indoor exposure to particulate matter were not included, even though they also pose serious public health risks.

From Science Daily • Jan. 26, 2026

The sensors also have an aerosol probe that measures particulate matter, because dust helps with snowflake formation.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 4, 2025

I place one sample in an empty centrifuge so I can analyze the particulate.

From "The Last Cuentista" by Donna Barba Higuera