Elusive Ultrafine Indoor Air Contaminants Yield to Analysis

Elusive Ultrafine Indoor Air Contaminants Yield to Analysis

Reference- http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2011/12/111207105431.htm

Summary- Monitoring such tiny particles was made possible by NIST advances in measurement capabilities. The measurements were carried out in weeks of experiments at a 340 square meters test house on the NIST campus in Gaithersburg. The researchers used the data to develop a model for predicting changes in the size and distribution of ultrafine particles smaller than 100 nanometers. The measurements and model will further efforts to explains the dynamics of ultrafine particles. An area of growing interests of environmental and health researchers. This will also let them also will advance work to develop accurate and reliable methods for determining how changes in heating and cooling systems.

Critique- this experiment will let the researchers use the data to develop a model for predicting changes in the size and the distribution. The experiment used 340 square meters which gave them a good amount of size to do their work on.

Impact- This will let the researchers to use all the data they have to spend time on the things they are doing. It will let them predict the changes in the size and the distribution. The particles are smaller than 100 nanometers which is very small.