Aerosols In The Spotlight

Sodium chloride “box” containing particles with

carbon,
oxygen,
sodium,
magnesium,
aluminum,
silicon,
sulfur,
chlorine,
potassium,
calcium,
titanium,
and iron.

Found in a 2002 New York City ambient air sample using an FEI XL30 ESEM

   at the California Department of Health Services’ Environmental Health Laboratory .

Image submitted by Dr. Jeff Wagner, Environmental Health Laboratory, California

Department of Health Services, Richmond, CA .

David Sinclair Award Winner,

Chris Sorensen with George Mulholland