Absorption and scattering of agglomerated soot particulate Export

@article{citeulike:6071757, abstract = {This work examines the scattering and absorption characteristics of agglomerated soot particles. It treats the agglomerate as a collection of spherical sub-units or primary particles and assumes that they are Rayleigh scatterers. The model accounts for all electromagnetic (EM) interactions between the primary particles via an existing analytical solution. Clusters and chains of as many as 136 primary particles are investigated. The analytical results indicate that a cluster of spheres has EM cross-sections which are similar to those of an equivalent sphere of equal solid volume. These effective-diameter results are compared to existing laser diagnostic data of soot in flames. The results are in good agreement, yielding a more detailed interpretation of laser diagnostic measurements in clustered media. An alternative equivalent sphere uses a sphere of the same outer dimension as the cluster with the refractive index varied in order to match the EM cross-sections. The results of this approach are in excellent agreement with the Maxwell Garnett theory.}, author = {Drolen, B. and Tien, C.}, citeulike-article-id = {6071757}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-4073(87)90090-2}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://linkinghub.elsevier.com/retrieve/pii/S0022407387900902}, doi = {10.1016/S0022-4073(87)90090-2}, issn = {00224073}, journal = {Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer}, keywords = {absorption, aerosols, scattering, soot}, month = {May}, number = {5}, pages = {433--448}, posted-at = {2009-11-04 23:13:53}, priority = {2}, title = {Absorption and scattering of agglomerated soot particulate}, url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-4073(87)90090-2}, volume = {37}, year = {1987} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:6071757 L3 - citeulike-article-id:6071757 N2 - This work examines the scattering and absorption characteristics of agglomerated soot particles. It treats the agglomerate as a collection of spherical sub-units or primary particles and assumes that they are Rayleigh scatterers. The model accounts for all electromagnetic (EM) interactions between the primary particles via an existing analytical solution. Clusters and chains of as many as 136 primary particles are investigated. The analytical results indicate that a cluster of spheres has EM cross-sections which are similar to those of an equivalent sphere of equal solid volume. These effective-diameter results are compared to existing laser diagnostic data of soot in flames. The results are in good agreement, yielding a more detailed interpretation of laser diagnostic measurements in clustered media. An alternative equivalent sphere uses a sphere of the same outer dimension as the cluster with the refractive index varied in order to match the EM cross-sections. The results of this approach are in excellent agreement with the Maxwell Garnett theory. IS - 5 JF - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer SN - 00224073 EP - 448 TI - Absorption and scattering of agglomerated soot particulate VL - 37 SP - 433 KW - absorption KW - aerosols KW - scattering KW - soot AU - Drolen, B AU - Tien, C PY - 1987/05// UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0022-4073(87)90090-2 ER -