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The Rate of Evaporation of Particles in Some Pesticide Aerosols

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 May 2009

E. O. Powell
Affiliation:
The Microbiological Research Department, Ministry of Supply, Porton, Wiltshire
T. W. Pearce
Affiliation:
The Microbiological Research Department, Ministry of Supply, Porton, Wiltshire
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The evaporation rates of small particles in aerosols of the following substances have been measured: 4−n−hexyl-1:3-resorcinol, 1, 1, 1-trichloro-2, 2−di (p−chlorphenyl)ethane (‘DDT’), 1, 1, 1−trichloro-2-p−chlorphenyl-2-o−chlorphenyl-ethane (‘op′-DDT’), γ-hexachloro-cyclo-hexane (‘BHC’, ‘Lindane’, ‘Gammexane’), ‘Dieldrin’ and azobenzene.

The slit ultra-microscope method was used; a consideration of the experimental conditions leads to the conclusion that the results are of reliable quantitative significance.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1955

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