RESEARCH ON NaCl SALINE AEROSOLS II. NEW ARTIFICIAL HALOCHAMBER CHARACTERISTICS

Abstract

This study presents the correlation between the characteristics of some new artificial surface halochambers with multiple users, which concern several latest inventions of its authors, and the lifespan evolution of the NaCl solions, under static and dynamic conditions. The study aims at evaluating the aerosol concentration using corroborated data from the laser particle counter, type SIBATA GT 321, and the differential conductometry method, under three operating modes of halochambers: after 240 h after its being set to operation (static duty), after 48 h of ventilation with warm air (dynamic operating duty) and after other 24 h after ventilation end (static operation duty). These halochambers generate NaCl solions implying for physical dispersion into the atmosphere of the nanostructures from the surface parallelipipedic blocks or micro-crystals obtained by the recrystallized NaCl and from rock salt, by the erosion process and taking over of micro-crystals by conventional aerial currents under static conditions and by vent blowers under dynamic conditions. The aerosol level obtained by these halochambers is higher to that presented by the literature for salt mines and dynamic devices for aerosols.

The Role of Saline Aerosols in the Prevention and Therapy of Cardio-respiratory and Osteo-muscular Afflictions

“…An artificial source of aerosols is characterised by the three different areas: the active or nucleation layer, the diffuse layer or of structural reforming and stabilisation in terms of concentration level and of aero-disperse system, and the residual, passive or of quenching, through electroneutralisation or stearic and electrostatic sedimentation. The three areas can be distinguished through the activity of the saline aerosols, respectively through the concentration and size of the particles [21][22][23][24][25][26][27][28].…”

“…It is known that, from the chemical point of view, sodium chloride is a strong saline electrolyte, with high hydrophily and limited water solubility (35.7 g/100 g H 2 O at 0°C and, respectively, 39.12 g/100 g H 2 O at 100°C) or in other polar solvents, which, both in liquid and gaseous media, can exist as crystalline nanodispersions interacting with the dipols of the dispersion medium, which renders them with a variable chemical structure, in glomerular aeroanin form [1,2,28].…”

“…Conversely, the gaseous media contain besides solions (glomeruli in the form of hydrated concentric nanostructures) also weakly superficially aquated nanopolyhedrons of NaCl (with a layer of water dipoles). The two groups of nanoparticles have different diameters and structural shapes, with the size of the particles ranging from tenths of microns to tens of microns [27,28]. The granulometry, structure and dynamics of the two groups of particles (solions and weakly hydrated polyhedrons) in gaseous media are determined by the intensity of the microclimate factors, by microbiological, chemical and radiative agents.…”

Theoretical Investigation of Inorganic Particulate Matter: The Case of Water Adsorption on a NaCl Particle Model Studied Using Grand Canonical Monte Carlo Simulations

“…Among the wide variety of aerosol species, sodium chloride (NaCl) has gained significant attention due to its ubiquity in marine environments and its prevalence in various terrestrial sources, including sea spray, windblown dust, and volcanic emissions [19][20][21][22][23]. Understanding the behavior of NaCl aerosols, particularly their interaction with water molecules, is crucial for comprehending atmospheric processes on a global scale [22,24].…”

Implications in Halotherapy of Aerosols from the Salt Mine Targu Ocna—Structural-Functional Characteristics

“…They are reformed by coordinative aquatempering of NaCl nonpolyhedra, with low packing, under the influence of water pentahydrol from humid atmospheres (>80%). Through superstructure, layer by layer, clusters are formed with the formula [x(NaCl) 2n •y(H 2 O) 5 ] (aq) q− , where n > 2, and x and y take values corresponding to some glomeruli with diameters between 0.5 and 50 µm, which have a subunit electric charge q− on the surface, which gives the solion the behavior of a negative spherical aeroion [10,11,[15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22].…”