Scanning proton microprobe applied to analysis of individual aerosol particles from Amazon Basin

Nuclear Instruments and Methods in Physics Research, Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials and Atoms

Volumn 136-138, Issue , 1998, Pages 318-323

  Gerab, Fábio ^a   Artaxo, Paulo ^b   Swietlicki, Erik ^c   Pallon, Jan ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE PESQUISAS ENERGÉTICAS E NUCLEARES   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Aerosol particles; Amazon; Mercury; Scanning proton microprobe

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; MERCURY (METAL); MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); PROTONS; X RAY ANALYSIS;

PARTICLE INDUCED X RAY EMISSION (PIXE) ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; SCANNING PROTON MICROPROBE (SPM);

NUCLEAR INSTRUMENTATION;

EID: 0032019288     PISSN: 0168583X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0168-583X(97)00856-2     Document Type: Article

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