On the performance of an on-line time-of-flight mass spectrometer for aerosols

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 28, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 159-171

  Weiss, M ^a   Verheijen, P J T ^a   Marijnissen, J C M ^a   Scarlett, B ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AERODYNAMICS; COMPOSITION; EXCIMER LASERS; IONS; LASER PULSES; MASS SPECTROMETERS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; POLYSTYRENES; VAPORIZATION;

ARTIFICIAL AEROSOLS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

POLYSTYRENE;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; EXCIMER LASER; MASS SPECTROMETER; PARTICLE SIZE; PERFORMANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VAPORIZATION;

EID: 0031060451     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-8502(96)00067-5     Document Type: Article

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