The rate of equilibration of viscous aerosol particles

O'Meara, Simon; Topping, David O.; McFiggans, Gordon

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5299-2016

Articles | Volume 16, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5299-2016

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https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-16-5299-2016

© Author(s) 2016. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 16, issue 8

Research article

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28 Apr 2016

Research article |

| 28 Apr 2016

The rate of equilibration of viscous aerosol particles

Simon O'Meara, David O. Topping, and Gordon McFiggans

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Short summary

To understand the effect of atmospheric particulate matter on climate and human health we need to know how it evolves. We investigate how best to estimate diffusion of components through particles by comparing diffusion times from three approaches to solving Fick's Law and find that they agree. This means that scientists can simulate Fickian diffusion through atmospheric particles using the approach best suited to their requirements and have confidence that their model is mathematically sound.