Inversion of ultrafine condensation nucleus counter pulse height distributions to obtain nanoparticle (~ 3-10 nm) size distributions

Journal of Aerosol Science

Volumn 29, Issue 5-6, 1998, Pages 601-615

  Weber, Rodney J ^a   Stolzenburg, Mark R ^b   Pandis, Spyros N ^c   McMurry, Peter H ^d  

^a BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b AEROSOL DYNAMICS INC   (United States)

^c CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d University of Minnesota   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIFFUSION IN GASES; FUNCTIONS; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; NUCLEATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS;

CONDENSATION NUCLEUS COUNTERS (CNC); DIFFERENTIAL MOBILITY ANALYZERS (DMA); KERNEL FUNCTIONS;

AEROSOLS;

NANOPARTICLE;

AIR POLLUTION; AIR SAMPLING; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; CALCULATION; CALIBRATION; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032101029     PISSN: 00218502     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0021-8502(97)10026-X     Document Type: Article

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