Artifacts of ionic species for hi-vol PM10 and PM10 dichotomous samplers

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1605-1613

  Tsai, Chuen Jinn ^a   Perng, Shuang Neng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHIAO TUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Acidic aerosol; Denuder; Dichotomous sampler; hi vol PM10 sampler; Sampling artifact

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC CHEMISTRY; FILTERS (FOR FLUIDS);

ANNULAR DENUDER SYSTEMS (ADS); DICHOTOMOUS SAMPLERS; QUARTZ FIBER FILTERS; TEFLON FILTERS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AMMONIA; CHLORIDE ION; ION; NITRATE; POLITEF; SILICON DIOXIDE; SULFATE;

AMMONIUM; CHLORIDE; IONIC COMPOSITION; NITRATE; VOLATILIZATION;

AEROSOL; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; FILTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAMPLING; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0032076493     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(97)00387-7     Document Type: Article

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