Review of recent literature on the light absorption properties of black carbon: Refractive index, mass absorption cross section, and absorption function

F Liu, J Yon, A Fuentes, P Lobo… - Aerosol Science and …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
Abstract Knowledge of the optical properties of soot black carbon (BC) is required for the
prediction of the radiative effects of freshly-emitted and aged BC particles. Here we review …

Metrological traceability of black carbon measurement based on optical methods and its challenges in China: A review

Y Liu, J Liu, C Yan, J Xiao, J Ye, L Guo, M Zheng - Atmospheric Research, 2023 - Elsevier
Black carbon aerosol has received much more attention as the most light-absorbing aerosol
in recent years. The accuracy, traceability and comparability of its optical measurements …

[HTML][HTML] Ice nucleation abilities of soot particles determined with the Horizontal Ice Nucleation Chamber

F Mahrt, C Marcolli, RO David… - Atmospheric …, 2018 - acp.copernicus.org
Ice nucleation by different types of soot particles is systematically investigated over the
temperature range from 218 to 253 K relevant for both mixed-phase (MPCs) and cirrus …

Comparison of standardized sampling and measurement reference systems for aircraft engine non-volatile particulate matter emissions

P Lobo, L Durdina, BT Brem, AP Crayford… - Journal of Aerosol …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The International Civil Aviation Organization has established new regulatory
standards for emissions certification of non-volatile particulate matter (nvPM) from aircraft …

Characterization of a new miniCAST with diffusion flame and premixed flame options: Generation of particles with high EC content in the size range 30 nm to 200 nm

MN Ess, K Vasilatou - Aerosol Science and Technology, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Flame-generated soot from miniCAST burners is increasingly being used in academia and
industry as engine exhaust soot surrogate for atmospheric studies and instrument …

Photochemical aging induces changes in the effective densities, morphologies, and optical properties of combustion aerosol particles

J Leskinen, A Hartikainen, S Vaatainen… - Environmental …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Effective density (ρeff) is an important property describing particle transportation in the
atmosphere and in the human respiratory tract. In this study, the particle size dependency of …

Size-dependent mass absorption cross-section of soot particles from various sources

JC Corbin, TJ Johnson, F Liu, TA Sipkens, MP Johnson… - Carbon, 2022 - Elsevier
The mass absorption cross-section (MAC) of combustion-generated soot is used in pollution
and emissions measurements to quantify the mass concentration of soot and in atmospheric …

Investigation of the absorption Ångström exponent and its relation to physicochemical properties for mini-CAST soot

S Török, VB Malmborg, J Simonsson… - Aerosol Science and …, 2018 - Taylor & Francis
In this work, a mini-CAST soot generator was used to produce soot with different optical and
physicochemical characteristics. Absorption Ångström exponents (AAE) expressing the …

A novel miniature inverted-flame burner for the generation of soot nanoparticles

M Kazemimanesh, A Moallemi, K Thomson… - Aerosol Science and …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
Lab-scale soot nanoparticle generators are used by the aerosol research community to
study the properties of soot over a broad range of particle size distributions, and number and …

High-throughput generation of aircraft-like soot

U Trivanovic, GA Kelesidis… - Aerosol Science and …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
High-throughput, laboratory units for generation of aircraft-like soot are needed to quantify
and understand the impact of such emissions on public health and climate change due to …