Did Uranus' regular moons form via a rocky giant impactor?
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DOI: 10.1016/j.icarus.2021.114842
Abstract: The formation of Uranus’ regular moons has been suggested to be linked to the origin of its enormous spin axial tilt (~98). A giant impact between proto-Uranus and a 2-3 MEarth impactor could lead to… read more here.
Keywords: system; giant impact; uranus regular; impactor ... See more keywords
Design and pharmaceutical applications of a low-flow-rate single-nozzle impactor.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2017.09.047
Abstract: A new low-flow-rate (0.5L/min) single-nozzle impactor for the concentration of dilute aerosol particles with selected pharmaceutical applications is described in this paper. The impactor can be configured up to 11 stages with a wide range… read more here.
Keywords: flow rate; nozzle impactor; impactor; single nozzle ... See more keywords
Deducing the physical characteristics of an impactor from the resultant damage on aircraft structures
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ijsolstr.2020.05.017
Abstract: Abstract This paper proposes an analytical model that uses historical damage dimension data to deduce physical impactor characteristics (size and energy) that has caused a certain resulting damage. Maintenance tasks occur in operations due to… read more here.
Keywords: characteristics impactor; impactor; deducing physical; damage ... See more keywords
AFM imaging of exhaled microdroplets and dry residues collected by impactor
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jaerosci.2018.06.012
Abstract: Abstract Here we describe how individual sub-micron exhaled droplets and dry residue particles (DRPs) could be quickly collected on mica, glass, highly oriented pyrolytic graphite, and carboxymethyl cellulose film using a simple impactor. Most collected… read more here.
Keywords: afm imaging; microdroplets dry; imaging exhaled; impactor ... See more keywords
Enhanced Kinetic Impactor for Deflecting Large Potentially Hazardous Asteroids via Maneuvering Space Rocks
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DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-65343-z
Abstract: Asteroid impacts pose a major threat to all life on Earth. The age of the dinosaurs was abruptly ended by a 10-km-diameter asteroid. Currently, a nuclear device is the only means of deflecting large Potentially… read more here.
Keywords: potentially hazardous; kinetic impactor; hazardous asteroids; impactor ... See more keywords
Development of balloon-borne impactor payload for profiling free tropospheric aerosol
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DOI: 10.1080/02786826.2018.1546045
Abstract: Abstract Size-segregated aerosol vertical profiles in the troposphere are critically important for source attribution, transformation processes, atmospheric stability, and radiative forcing. For the first time, the development of a 6-stage impactor for real-time balloon-borne measurements… read more here.
Keywords: balloon borne; aerosol particles; impactor; size ... See more keywords
Discovery of a meteoritic ejecta layer containing unmelted impactor fragments at the base of Paleocene lavas, Isle of Skye, Scotland
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DOI: 10.1130/g39452.1
Abstract: Evidence for meteorite impacts in the geological record may include the presence of shocked minerals, spherule layers, and geochemical anomalies. However, it is highly unusual to find unmelted crystals from the actual impactor within an… read more here.
Keywords: layer; impactor; ejecta layer; meteoritic ejecta ... See more keywords
Discriminating Ability of Abbreviated Impactor Measurement Approach (AIM) to Detect Changes in Mass Median Aerodynamic Diameter (MMAD) of an Albuterol/Salbutamol pMDI Aerosol
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DOI: 10.1208/s12249-017-0814-1
Abstract: This article reports on results from a two-lab, multiple impactor experiment evaluating the abbreviated impactor measurement (AIM) concept, conducted by the Cascade Impaction Working Group of the International Pharmaceutical Aerosol Consortium on Regulation and Science… read more here.
Keywords: abbreviated impactor; aim; impactor; albuterol salbutamol ... See more keywords
Computational Fluid Dynamics Study of the Effects of Temperature and Geometry Parameters on a Virtual Impactor
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DOI: 10.3390/mi13091477
Abstract: The virtual impactor, as an atmospheric particle classification chip, provides scientific guidance for identifying the characteristics of particle composition. Most of the studies related to virtual impactors focus on their size structure design, and the… read more here.
Keywords: virtual impactor; cut diameter; geometry; temperature ... See more keywords
Laser ablation ICP-MS of size-segregated atmospheric particles collected with a MOUDI cascade impactor: a proof of concept
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DOI: 10.5194/amt-10-1823-2017
Abstract: Abstract. A widely used instrument for collecting size-segregated particles is the micro-orifice uniform deposit impactor (MOUDI). In this work, a 10-stage MOUDI (cut-point diameter of 10 µm to 56 nm) was used to collect samples in Ljubljana, Slovenia,… read more here.
Keywords: size segregated; ablation; impactor; laser ablation ... See more keywords