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Introduction to Particles in Indoor Air

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This chapter provides an overview of the section on Indoor Air Particles. This section focuses on the physical processes that affect particle concentrations and some major sources. Penetration of particles from the ambient aerosol into the indoor environment is an important source of indoor particles. The particles depending on their size can then deposit and can be resuspended. Semi-volatile species partition into particles and the gaseous phase depending on factors such as vapor pressure at typical indoor temperatures and solubility into organic phases. The dynamics of these processes are presented in separate chapters that are outlined here. This chapter also introduces a number of major primary indoor sources such as cooking emissions and the use of personal care products. Different cooking styles can produce major differences in emission rates. Personal care products can directly emit particles and semi-volatile compounds, some of which can react with infiltrated ozone in chemistry described in the indoor air chemistry section.

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  1. Department of Public Health Sciences, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, USA

    Philip K. Hopke

  2. Institute for a Sustainable Environment, Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY, USA

    Philip K. Hopke

  3. School of Energy and Environment, Southeast University, Nanjing, China

    Cong Liu

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Hopke, P.K., Liu, C. (2022). Introduction to Particles in Indoor Air. In: Zhang, Y., Hopke, P.K., Mandin, C. (eds) Handbook of Indoor Air Quality. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-5155-5_8-1

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