CUP Faculty Research
Title
Phase Transitions of Single Salt Particles Studied Using a Transmission Electron Microscope with an Environmental Cell
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2-23-2007
Abstract
The hygroscopic behavior of 0.1 to 4 μ m NaBr, CsCl, NaCl, (NH4)2SO4, and KBr particles were monitored using a transmission electron microscope (TEM) equipped with an environmental cell into which gases can be introduced. This instrument, commonly called an environmental transmission electron microscope or ETEM, allowed us to observe phase transitions and behavior of small particles at relative humidities between 0 and 100%. We used deliquescence relative humidity and efflorescence relative humidity values from the literature for each salt to calibrate the relative humidity in the environmental cell. Using our methodology, we reliably and accurately measured the phase transitions and hygroscopic behavior of inorganic particles with the ETEM.
Published In
Aerosol Science and Technology
Recommended Citation
Wise, Matthew E.; Biskos, George; Martin, Scot T.; Russell, Lynn M.; and Buseck, Peter R., "Phase Transitions of Single Salt Particles Studied Using a Transmission Electron Microscope with an Environmental Cell" (2007). CUP Faculty Research. 159.
https://digitalcommons.csp.edu/cup_commons_faculty/159
Source
CU Commons -- Math and Science Department Faculty Research
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Publication Information.
Wise, M. E., G. Biskos, S. T. Martin,L. M. Russell, and P. R. Buseck, Phase transitions of single salt particles studied using a transmission electron microscope with an environmental cell, Aerosol Sci. Tech., 39(9), 849-856, 2005.