Aerosol Particles - One of the components of an atmospheric air parcel, comprised of minute solids particles part of which is almost certainly water. [The Character and Origins of Smog Aerosols; v9 - Advances in Environmental Science and Technology Series; Hidey, ed.; page 234; 1980; Wiley; New York.] [Environmental Particles; v1 - Environmental Analytical and Physical Chemistry Series; pages 7, 30, 33;1992.] 
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