Particles of liquid or solid suspended in a gas. Fog is a common natural example. Aerosol cans contain a substance such as scent or cleaner packed under pressure with a device for releasing it as a fine spray.
Most aerosols used chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) as propellants until these were found to cause destruction of the ozone layer in the stratosphere.
The international community has agreed to phase out the use of CFCs, but most so-called “ozone-friendly” aerosols also use ozone-depleting chemicals, although they are not as destructive as CFCs. Some of the products sprayed, such as pesticides, can be directly toxic to humans.
1. A cloud of solid or liquid particles in a gas.
2. Container holding pressurized gas and liquid; forces a liquid out as a fine spray when a button is pressed; SYN. aerosol bomb, spray can.
A suspension of liquid or solid particles in gas. + prikaži više

Device that produces a spray of fine droplets of liquid. A vertical tube connected with a horizontal tube dips into a bottle of liquid, and at one end of the horizontal tube is a nozzle, at the other a rubber bulb. When the bulb is squeezed, air rushes over the top of the vertical tube and out through the nozzle. Following Bernoulli's principle, the pressure at the top of the vertical tube is reduced, allowing the liquid to rise. The air stream picks up the liquid, breaks it up into tiny drops, and carries it out of the nozzle as a spray. Scent spray, paint spray guns, and carburetors all use the principle of the atomizer.A dispenser that turns a liquid (such as perfume) into a fine spray; SYN. atomiser, spray, sprayer. + prikaži više

A worker who applies spray to a surface.