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J Environ Radioact
January 2025
Earth and Environmental Sciences Division, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, 87545, NM, USA.
Noble gas transport through geologic media has important applications in the prediction and characterization of measured gas signatures related to underground nuclear explosions (UNEs). Retarding processes such as adsorption can cause significant species fractionation of radionuclide gases, which has implications for measured and predicted signatures used to distinguish radioxenon originating from civilian nuclear facilities or from UNEs. Accounting for the effects of variable water saturation in geologic media on tracer transport is one of the most challenging aspects of modeling gas transport because there is no unifying relationship for the associated tortuosity changes between different rock types, and reactive transport processes such as adsorption that are affected by the presence of water likewise behave differently between gas species.
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December 2024
York Plasma Institute, School of Physics, Engineering and Technology, University of York, York YO10 5DD, U.K.
Nanogold is an emerging material for enhancing surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), which enables the detection of hazardous analytes at trace levels. This study presents a simple, single-step plasma synthesis method to control the size and yield of Au nanoparticles by using plasma-liquid redox chemistry. The pin-based argon plasma reduces the Au precursor in under 5 min, synthesizing Au spherical particles ranging from ∼20 nm at 0.
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December 2024
Shanghai Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Particle Pollution and Prevention (LAP3), Department of Environmental Science and Engineering, Fudan University, Shanghai 200438, China.
Volatile organic compounds (VOCs) are significant pollutants found in various environments, posing health risks. Traditionally, the gaseous VOCs are adsorbed and eluted in liquid phases, and then subjected to toxicity testing, which deviates from the actual exposure scenarios of gaseous VOCs. How the physical states of VOCs (gaseous or liquid) affect their toxicity has not been well understood.
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January 2025
Karilee Bingham is an assistant professor and program director of the accelerated nursing program at SUNY Brockport.
Smoke, particularly from wildfires and other combustion sources, is a significant contributor to air pollution, comprising a complex mixture of particulate matter and gaseous pollutants. Prolonged exposure to smoke can exacerbate respiratory diseases, such as asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, leading to increased ED visits and hospitalizations. This article examines the significant health risks associated with air pollution, particularly chronic diseases and acute respiratory conditions, and discusses the emergency treatment of acute respiratory distress from exposure.
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November 2024
Mechanical Engineering Faculty, Rocket Engineering Department, Izhevsk State Technical University, Studencheskaya 7, 426069 Izhevsk, Russia.
A mixture fraction approach was applied to predict the combustion behavior of polymeric materials. In comparison to the combustion of gaseous mixtures, the presence of solid fuels complicates the description of the combustion. Accurate predictions of burning characteristics can only be achieved through the proper resolution of heat and mass transfer between the gas-phase flame and the solid fuel.
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