Water Adsorption/Desorption on Environmental Metal Oxides Determined by the Diffuse Refractive Infrared Fourier Transform Spectroscopy (DRIFTS) Technique

Presentation Year

2024

College or Department

College of Natural Resources & Sciences

Short Description of your Research or Creative Project (700 characters or less)

Clouds affect terrestrial cooling by scattering solar radiation back to space. Particulate matter (PM) suspended in the air can initiate cloud seeding. This process is directly related to the relative humidity above the PM surface and water adsorption. In the initial stages of this process, PM collects sparingly small layers of water, known as monolayers. 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 literature values.

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Yes

Primary Contact: First Name

Cesar

Primary Contact: Last Name

Fernandez

Primary Contact: Email

caf372@humboldt.edu

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Undergraduate Student

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(626) 341-8561