Sampling at controlled relative humidity with a cascade impactor

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 33, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 1049-1056

  Vasiliou, Joseph G ^a,b   Sorensen, Diana ^a   McMurry, Peter H ^a  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b Duke Scientific Corp   (United States)

Author keywords

Atmospheric aerosol; Cascade impactor; Hygroscopicity; Particle bounce; Size distribution; Sulfate; Water uptake

Indexed keywords

CASCADE IMPACTOR; HYGROSCOPICITY; PARTICLE BOUNCE;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; HUMIDITY CONTROL; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER);

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS;

AEROSOL PROPERTY; ARID ENVIRONMENT; HUMID ENVIRONMENT; MEASUREMENT METHOD; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SAMPLING;

AEROSOL; AIR MONITORING; AIR QUALITY; AMBIENT AIR; ARTICLE; HUMIDITY; PARTICLE SIZE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED STATES;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0033103709     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(98)00323-9     Document Type: Article

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