Humidity effects on the mass spectra of single aerosol particles

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 32, Issue 14-15, 1998, Pages 2521-2529

  Neubauer, Kenneth R ^a   Johnston, Murray V ^a   Wexler, Anthony S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DELAWARE   (United States)

Author keywords

Deliquescence; Laser ablation mass spectrometry; Marine aerosols; Single particle analysis

Indexed keywords

CHLORIDES; LASER DESORPTION IONIZATION MASS SPECTROMETRY; METHANESULFONATE; SULFATES;

ADSORPTION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; ATMOSPHERIC IONIZATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; ELECTROLYTES; LASER ABLATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NITRATES; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

CHLORIDE; MESYLIC ACID; NITRATE; SULFATE;

AEROSOL; HUMIDITY; SPECTROMETRY;

ADSORPTION; AIR MONITORING; AIR POLLUTION; AIRBORNE PARTICLE; ARTICLE; ARTIFACT; HUMIDITY; MASS SPECTROMETRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032145658     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00005-3     Document Type: Article

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