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Water Adsorption on Environmental Metal Oxides Determined by the Diffuse Reflectance Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (DRIFTS) Technique
Presentation Year
2025
College or Department
College of Natural Resources & Sciences
Short Description of your Research or Creative Project (700 characters or less)
Clouds are a critical component of the atmosphere, which predominantly cools the planet by scattering solar radiation back to space. Particulate matter (PM) are small solids suspended in the air that can initiate the seeding process for cloud formation, where environmental metal oxides (EMO) are one of the dominate types of PM. This process is directly related to the relative humidity (RH) above the PM surface and how much water it absorbs. PM collects sparingly small molecular layers of water before undergoing bulk scale water uptake. Details of water uptake at this level are still lacking in the literature, and we desire to quantify water uptake on atmospheric PM to enhance climate models.
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sustainability related (explores at least two dimensions of sustainability: environment, economy, society)
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Yes
Primary Contact: First Name
Chris
Primary Contact: Last Name
Harmon
Primary Contact: Email
ch1557@humboldt.edu
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Faculty
Primary Contact: Phone Number
707-826-3254