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Ionization air purifiers are increasingly used to remove aerosol particles from indoor air. However, certain ionization air purifiers also emit ozone...
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Environ. Sci. Technol. 2007, 41, 2498-2504

Kinetic Analysis of Competition between Aerosol Particle Removal and Generation by Ionization Air Purifiers AHMAD ALSHAWA, ASHLEY R. RUSSELL, AND SERGEY A. NIZKORODOV* Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-2025

Ionization air purifiers are increasingly used to remove aerosol particles from indoor air. However, certain ionization air purifiers also emit ozone. Reactions between the emitted ozone and unsaturated volatile organic compounds (VOC) commonly found in indoor air produce additional respirable aerosol particles in the ultrafine (