화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Aerosol Science, Vol.128, 79-88, 2019
Rising bubbles as mechanism for scavenging and aerosolization of diatoms
Bubbles rising in saline water cause steady displacement of ions at the bubble boundaries which creates anionic upper half sphere and significantly stronger cationic vortex. Since viable diatoms as well as bacteria develop negative charge on outer membranes, these are attracted to the cationic bubble bottom vortex that forms a whirling collection pocket. When bubble bursts at the air/water interface the diatoms and bacteria are ejected into the air with initial or secondary jet droplets that are projected upward with a small water column derived from a sub-bubble cationic vortex. Laboratory experiments conducted in brackish and oceanic saline water on Nanofrustulum and Cyclotella cells indicate that their incorporation into jet droplets compared to original concentration in bulk water (here termed the enrichment factor) may range from 8 to 307.