Charge-induced wetting of aerosols

Byung Mook Weon; Jung Ho Je

doi:10.1063/1.3430007

Charge-induced wetting of aerosols

Byung Mook Weon, Jung Ho Je

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Ionization often changes natural material properties such as wettability; this phenomenon is important for aerosols or tiny droplets in natural and industrial processes. We estimate possible wettability changes by ionization in atmospheric aerosols and cloud droplets by analyzing reliable measurements of charge densities based on a general physical model. This estimation shows that atmospheric aerosols could have charge densities larger than 10³ μm^-2, indicating significant wettability changes. Our finding would be important to evaluate possible effects of cosmic rays on cloud formation in terms of ionization rates.

Original language	English
Article number	194101
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	96
Issue number	19
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3430007
State	Published - 2010
Externally published	Yes

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