Reduction of nitrate losses from filter and impactor samplers by means of concentration enrichment

Atmospheric Environment

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 85-98

  Chang, Ming Chih ^a   Sioutas, Constantinos ^a   Kim, Seongheon ^a   Gong Jr , Henry ^b   Linn, William S ^b  

^a Univ S California 3620 S V ^*  (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Ammonium nitrate; Denuders; Filter samplers; Impactors; Nitrate loss; Particle concentrator

Indexed keywords

AIR FILTERS; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PARTICLES (PARTICULATE MATTER); REDUCTION; TEMPERATURE; VAPORIZATION;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; CONCENTRATION ENRICHMENT; IMPACTOR SAMPLERS; PARTICLE CONCENTRATOR; TEFLON FILTER;

NITRATES;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; NITRATE; POLITEF;

AMMONIUM NITRATE; METHODOLOGY; NUTRIENT LOSS; SAMPLING;

ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); FILTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE ASSAY; SAMPLING; UNITED STATES; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 0033972976     PISSN: 13522310     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1352-2310(99)00308-8     Document Type: Article

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