Phase partitioning of phenol and nitrophenols in clouds

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 31, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 2649-2655

  Lüttke, Jens ^a   Levsen, Karsten ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR TOXICOLOGY AND EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cloud water; Gas phase; Henry's law; Partitioning coefficients; Washout ratio

Indexed keywords

2,4 DINITROPHENOL; NITROPHENOL; PHENOL;

AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; ARTICLE; CLOUD; PARTITION COEFFICIENT; PRESSURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLUBILITY; UNITED KINGDOM; VAPOR;

CLOUD WATER; GAS PHASE; GROUND-BASED CLOUD EXPERIMENT; HENRY'S LAW; NITROPHENOL; PHENOL;

UK, ENGLAND, PENNINES, GREAT DUN FELL;

PHASE SEPARATION; PHENOLS; SOLUBILITY; VAPOR PRESSURE;

HENRY'S LAW; PHASE PARTITIONING;

CLOUDS;

EID: 0030616218     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(96)00228-2     Document Type: Article

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